Effective Language Learning: Positive Strategies for Advanced Level Language Learning

✍ Scribed by Suzanne Graham

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters, Ltd.
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 259
• Series: Modern Languages in Practice, 6
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This text looks at some of the learning processes of students of French and German as they begin language learning at an advanced level. By focusing on the learning strategies different students employ to overcome any difficulties they experience at this transitional stage, the author seeks to illustrate how all learners at this level can become more effective in their language learning.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright © 1997......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 13
2 Bridging the Gap: Language Learning Difficulties......Page 22
3 Learning Strategies: Processing Language and Managing Change......Page 49
4 Affective Concerns and the Question of Gender......Page 104
5 The Role of the Teacher: Teaching Language or Teaching Learning?......Page 136
6 Students in the Round: Looking at Individuals......Page 159
7 Conclusion......Page 174
Appendix A: Glossary......Page 185
Appendix B: Research Instruments......Page 197
Appendix C: Materials Used in the Think-Aloud Interview......Page 209
Appendix E: Results......Page 218
References......Page 229
Index: Subjects......Page 239
Index: Authors......Page 253

✦ Subjects

Педагогика;Методики преподавания;Методика преподавания иностранных языков;