Strategy Training for Second Language Learners. ERIC Digest.

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    • Availability:
      ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 4646 40th Street NW, Washington, DC 20016. Tel: 800-276-9834 (Toll Free). For full text: http://www.cal.org/ericcll/DIGEST.
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      4
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
    • Subject Terms:
      Guidelines; Learning Strategies; Program Design; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods
    • Abstract:
      Students of foreign language are being encouraged to learn and use a broad range of language learning strategies that can be tapped throughout the learning process. This approach is based on the belief that learning will be facilitated by making students aware of the range of strategies from which they can choose during language learning and use. The most efficient way to heighten learner awareness is to provide strategy training--explicit instruction in how to apply language learning strategies--as part of the foreign language curriculum. This digest discusses the goals of strategy training, highlights approaches to such training, and lists steps for designing strategy training programs. The guidelines for implementing strategy training programs provide a variety of options for tailoring the training to meet the needs of a large number of students, as well as to the needs of the individual institution or language program. The most important considerations in the design of a strategy training program are the students' needs, the available resources (e.g, time, money, materials, availability of teacher trainers), and the feasibility of providing this kind of instruction. (VWL)
    • Publication Date:
      2004
    • Accession Number:
      ED482492