Name : Solanki Pratiksha M. Roll No : 21

Enrolment No. 13101032 Paper : 12 A. English Language

Teaching Sem : 3. (2014-2015)

Subject : Language Learning Strategies - Rebecca L. Oxford

Submitted to : Smt. S.B. Gardi

Department of English M.K.Bhavnagar University

pratikshasolanki068@gmail.com

Language Learning Strategies

• Language learning Strategies..• Implications for teaching and future

research.

" The main factors that help determine how

and how well our students learn a second or foreign.."

•A Second Language

Language studied in a setting where that language is the main vehicle of everydaycommunication.

A foreign language

A language studied in an environment where it is not the

primary vehicle for daily interaction.

Common Features

•Proximal Subgoals..

1. Strategy ChainReading & Understanding articleGood ComprehensionMain ideasNoting Key vocabularyGuessing from the context

2. Self - efficacy

Conscious control of ones's own learning process.

Individual perception.

1). Cognitive Strategies

"Cognitive strategies help learners make and strengthen

associations between new and already known information.."

PracticisingAnalysing and reasoningCreating structures for input and

output

• Tapestry Approach ..

Reflects work of Vygotsky (1978.. 1986 ).

Learning occurs in interaction with other people..

With the help of more capable other..

2). Mnemonic Strategies Creating

mental linkages

Applying images and sound

Employing actions.

3). Metacognitive Strategies

Help learners to manage..

themselves as learners.

the general learning process.

specific learning tasks.

4). Compensatory Strategies.

Compensa-tory

Speaking

Writing

Guessing

Intelligen-tly

5). Affective Strategies.

Identifying one's feeling.. Anxiety Anger Contentment " Emotional Checklists ".. Language Learning anxiety -

which has received an abundance..

Usually related to fear of communicating in English..

6). Social Strategies. Define Culture Cultural Norms Cultural values Engage Control Develop Prioritize

Research

Assess Language Learning

Rubin1975Asking

questions Clerificatio

n

The "Good

Language

Learner "

Strategy

Instructi-on

Influences On Strategies Choice. Motivation The Language Learning

Environment. Learning Style and

Personality. Culture and National origin. The Nature of The Language.

Current and Future Trends and Directions.

• Deal with a number of key issues..

1. to learn how to help language teachers become aware of the importance of language learning strategies.

2. Discover.. How to teach strategies effectively..

3. Various forms of Strategies.4. Strategies Research..