Language learning strategies, strategy training, and the 6 Steps to Success

dc.contributor.advisorHorwitz, Elaine Kolker, 1950-en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPulido, Diana C.en
dc.creatorSpronz, Kaitlyn Annen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-14T16:47:31Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:26:54Z
dc.date.available2012-08-14T16:47:31Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:26:54Z
dc.date.issued2012-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2012en
dc.date.updated2012-08-14T16:47:44Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractLanguage learning strategies (LLS) have been a popular topic in the SLA literature since their conception by Joan Rubin in 1975. In the beginning, the focus was placed on what constituted an LLS and which learner variables affected strategy use. More recently, the field has moved to the practical application of LLS research: strategy training. Strategy training research has focused on student and teacher beliefs, classroom culture and students’ culture, explicit vs. implicit instruction, and language of instruction and has had largely positive findings. These issues are explored, then made manifest in a review of four popular strategy training models: The CALLA, Oxford, Grenfell and Harris, and SBI. Drawing on the LLS research and these four models, I propose a new model for strategy training: the 6 Steps to Success. As the title indicates, the 6 Steps to Success includes 6 steps: 1) beginning of course assessment/awareness raising; 2) continued assessment of student needs/awareness raising; 3) explicit teaching and modeling; 4) practice; 5) evaluation, 6) end of course evaluation. Five lesson plans are then given to demonstrate the 6 Steps to Success in action.en
dc.description.departmentForeign Language Educationen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5537en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5537en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectLanguage learning strategiesen
dc.subjectStrategy trainingen
dc.subjectSILLen
dc.titleLanguage learning strategies, strategy training, and the 6 Steps to Successen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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