Metacognitive strategy refers to a series of skills and methods that individuals use to plan,monitor,and regulate their cog-nitive processes.It plays an important role in improving students'learning efficiency and cultivating problem-solving abilities.In the process of English reading,the application of metacognitive strategies can help students clarify the reading purpose,choose appropriate learning methods,monitor the understanding process,and adjust strategies in a timely manner,thereby achieving deeper understanding and memory.The study explores the optimization path of college English reading teaching mode based on metacognitive strategies through a combination of theory and empirical methods,hoping that the research results can promote the optimization of college English reading teaching mode.