Learning Strategies

Emily Riley and Brittany Triggs

The Good Language Learner (GLL) Strategies (Naiman, Frohlich, & Stern)

1.  find a learning style that suits you 2. involve yourself in the language learning process 3. develop an awareness of language both as system

and as communication 4. pay constant attention to expanding your language 5. develop the L2 as a separate system 6. take into account the demands that L2 learning

imposes  

ENL students’ strategies

• Conversation partners• Emersion• Labeling items• Watching TV• Reading• Writing a diary• Living with English speakers• Memorizing dictionary• Flowcharts• Highlighting and outlining notes

Identifying Learning Strategy

• Most research states that one must indentify what works best for the learner and use it.

• Most L2 learners are capable of remember their learning strategies and describing them when asked

Metacognitive Strategies (Fountas and Pinnell, 2000)

-metacognitive thinking is thinking about what you are thinking…basically3 reasons to Teach Metacognitive Learning1. To develop in students a deeper understanding of text2. To take students' thinking to a higher level3. To steer students into adulthood3 Steps to Metacognition2. Develop a plan before reading2. Monitor their understanding of text; “fix up” strategies3. Evaluation

Equation for Effective Learning

• Metacognitive Strategies + cognitive strategies

-analyzing, note taking, reasoning, summarzing, etc. = EFFECTIVE LEARNING

Other factors: maturity, comprehension of previous learning styles, and experience

Added Bonus: Use of affective and emotional side of learning to control motivation and cooperation

Critical Thinking Questions(since they are necessary in the equation of effective learning)

-Have you ever taken a course in which only cognitive learning was needed? Can you recall that information and apply it at this very moment?

-What do you think it takes to be an effective L2 learner?What has hindered or helped you to be an effective L2

Learner?

-Identify the single most effective learning strategy that you have applied to your learning of second language and consider why it was so effective.

• http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/L2_learning_strategies.htm

• http://www.benchmarkeducation.com/educational-leader/reading/metacognitive-strategies.html