Language awareness (Topical Term)

ERIC thesaurus online, March 5, 2019: metalinguistics (used for Language Awareness; Branch of linguistics concerned with knowledge about, and the capacity to express the dimensions of, language properties, structures, and relationships with culture)

Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 2008, via Credo Reference, March 5, 2019: language awareness (A term used especially in educational linguistics, to refer to an informed, sensitive and critical response to the use of language by oneself and others, including the awareness of relevant terminology (metalinguistic awareness).)

Carter, Ronald. Language awareness in ELT journal 57(1), Jan. 2003, viewed online March 5, 2019: (Language awareness refers to the development in learners of an enhanced consciousness of and sensitivity to the forms and functions of language; not simply a focus on the language itself; also stresses the cognitive advantages of reflecting upon language; attitudes to language and to language learning can change as a result of methods which highlight particular language features; value of consciousness raising in relation to the target language, including inductive learning of language rules)