Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition

✍ Scribed by J. Michael O'Malley, Anna Uhl Chamot

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1990
Tongue: English
Leaves: 270
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

O'Malley and Chamot review the literature on learning strategies, describe and classify learning strategies in second language learning, and discuss why learning is affected in a positive manner when such strategies are used. The authors present instructional models for learning-strategy training that teachers can apply to their own classes. The material is based on current research in second language acquisition and cognitive theory.

✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Series editors' preface......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
1 - Introduction......Page 12
2 - A cognitive theory of learning......Page 26
3 - How cognitive theory applies to second language acquisition......Page 66
4 - Learning strategies- methods and research......Page 95
5 - Strategies used by second language learners......Page 124
6 - Instruction in learning strategies......Page 161
7 - Learning strategies- models and materials......Page 197
8 - Summary and conclusions......Page 224
Glossary......Page 239
References......Page 245
Author index......Page 259
Subject index......Page 263

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