Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)

Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)

1. DIRECT STRATEGIES

   • MEMORY STRATEGIES
     • creating mental linkages
     • applying images and sounds
     • reviewing well
     • employing actions
   • COGNITIVE STRATEGIES
     • Practicing
     • Receiving and sending messages
     • Analyzing ans reasoning
     • Creating structure for input and output
   • COMPENSATION STRATEGIES
     • Guessing intelligently
     • overcoming limitations in speaking and writing

2. INDIRECT STRATEGIES

   • METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES
     • Centering your learning
     • Arranging and planning your language
     • Evaluating your learning
   • AFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
     • Lowering your anxiety
     • Encouraging yourself
     • Taking your emotional temperature
   • SOCIAL STRATEGIES
     • Asking questions
     • Cooperating with others
     • Empathizing with others