Abstract: This article reports a study of strategy training of English reading among college students based on the researches on metacognition and metacognitive strategy.The study is aimed to investigate the relationship between metacognitive strategy use and English reading proficiency，and also the effect of metacognitive strategy training on student awareness of strategy use.120 English majors participated in the study.A reading comprehension test and a questionnaire and qualitative and quantitative research are applied in the study.The results reveal that the use of metacognitive strategy positively correlates with reading proficiency；metacognitive strategy training can enhance reading ability and heighten the awareness of metacognitive strategy use.The findings suggest that appropriate training should be carried out in reading comprehension teaching so that students can master and learn to use the metacognitive strategy to achieve higher reading efficiency.

Key words: metacognitive strategy, strategy training, reading comprehension, reading ability, strategy teaching