Language Learning Strategies

tegies to try:
- listening for key words (stress, intonation, pause)
- make educated guesses about the meaning based on the
topic, context, who is speaking, tone, body lang.
-predicting what the speaker might say
-asking clarification questions
-asking the speaker to repeat, slow down
Try to avoid:
-getting frustrated if (when) you dont understand every word
Why do you want to learn
another language?
What kind of learner are you?
Learning styles
How do you use your physical senses?
visual/auditory/kinesthetic
Learning styles
What kinds of learning tasks do you enjoy?
extraverted/introverted
Learning styles
How do you approach learning tasks?
closure-oriented/open
Learning styles
How do you deal with language rules?
deductive/inductive
What are effective language learning
strategies?
Researchers have explored:
what good or effective language learners
do
the relationship between strategy use and
language learning outcomes
the relationship between learning styles and
language learning strategies
What the research says
about strategies
(Cohen 2001)
Students with greater motivation tend to use
strategies with greater frequency
Students at higher levels of proficiency use a
more diverse repertoire of strategies
Students at higher levels of proficiency use
self-monitoring strategies
Students can learn new strategies
The good language learner. . .










plans goals for language learning
plans what to accomplish each day or week
takes responsibility for finding opportunities to practice
tries to notice erro