Language learning strategies.

Language learning strategies.

1. A choice that the learner makes while learning that affects learning.

   • Metacognitive strategies: Planning and thinking about learning.
   • Cognitive strategies: Concious ways of dealing with learning, taking notes or writing journals.
   • Social strategies: interacting with others.

2. Oxford's grouping, Direct and Indirect Strategies.

   • Direct strategies, working with the language itself.
     • Memory: grouping words and making associations.
       • Cognitive: reasoning and summarizing.
         • Compensation: guessing meaning, simplifying.
   • Indirect Strategies: general management of learning.
     • Affective: encourage oneself (motivate), reducing anxiety.
       • Social: asking questions, taking turns. Interaction.
         • Metacognitive: monitoring oneself, and paying attention.