Language Learning Strategies

Language Learning Strategies
What are language learning strategies?
Conscious thoughts and actions that intended to enhance
the learning or use of the target language (Paige 2006)
Conscious or semi-conscious thoughts and behaviors that
have the explicit goal of improving the knowledge and
understanding of the second language and culture
(Cohen, 2004)
What language learning
strategies do you use?
What are language learning
strategies ?






Memory Strategies
Cognitive Strategies
Compensation Strategies
Metacognitive Strategies
Affective Strategies
Social Strategies
Direct
Indirect
Direct Strategies
I. Memory strategies
A. Creating mental linkages
Grouping, Associating/elaborating, Contextualizing words
B. Applying images and sounds
Imagery, Semantic Mapping, Sounds in Memory
C. Reviewing well
Structured reviewing
D. Employing action
Physical response or sensation, Mechanical techniques
verbs
accept
add
admire
admit
advise
afford
topic(weather) dissimilarities
cloudy
cold
foggy
windy
snow
humid
friendly/unfriendly
accurate/inaccurate
atentive/inatentive
best/worst
dead/alive
dry/wet
Using imagery
Friendship
evil
hope
Russian- brat брат (brother)
English - brat (annoying person)
Using Physical Response or sensation
Touch the floor, put your notebook in your
backpack, come here, take out a pencil. Put
the pencil in your bag.
Laugh, giggle, snap your fingers, take a walk,
shout, sneeze.
II. Cognitive strategies
Direct Strategies
A. Practicing
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