IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES

Presented by: Vera TabureabuETRC Spring School

6-8 March, 2014

Language Learning Strategies are

“Specific actions taken by the learner to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, more self-directed, more effective, and more transferrable to new situations." (Oxford, 1990, p. 8).

A) DIRECT STRATEGIES

I. Memory

•A. Creating mental linkages

•B. Applying images and sounds

•C. Reviewing well

•D. Employing action

A) DIRECT STRATEGIES

II. Cognitive •A. Practicing •B. Receiving and sending messages strategies

•C. Analyzing and reasoning •D. Creating structure for input and output

A) DIRECT STRATEGIES

III. Compensation strategies

•A. Guessing intelligently

•B. Overcoming limitations in speaking and writing

B) INDIRECT STRATEGIES

I. Metacognitive Strategies

•A. Centering your learning

•B. Arranging and planning your learning

•C. Evaluating your learning

B) INDIRECT STRATEGIES

II. Affective Strategies

•A. Lowering your anxiety

•B. Encouraging yourself

•C. Taking your emotional temperature

B) INDIRECT STRATEGIES

III. Social Strategies

•A. Asking questions

•B. Cooperating with others

•C. Empathizing with others

Bibliography

• Oxford, Rebecca. Language Learning Strategies: What every teacher should know, Heinle & Heinle: Boston. 1990

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