STRATEGY INSTRUCTION.

STRATEGY INSTRUCTION.

1. Learning is the acquisition of...

   • Declarative knowledge (Acquisition of content)
   • Procedual knowledge (Acquisition of skills)

2. Why use strategies instruction?

   • Enhacing procedual knowledge
     • High students expectation of learning sucess.
     • Self-control.
     • Enhace Motivation.
   • Teach students how, when and why LS can be used.
     • Overcome nervousness.
     • Monitor effectiveness of strategies already used
     • Create new strategies/ abandon innefective strategies.

3. Intro:

   • Strategy instructions help learners becomes
     • Active/ autonomous
     • Discerning what strategies are best for students
     • Self-directed

4. Strategy Instruction in the classroom.

   • Questioning the effectiveness of strategy instruction
     • Kellerman 1991: strategies learn in L1 and how to transfer then to L2.
     • Miller 1993: Critical Appraisal of learner training
   • Strategy Instruction Framework involves:
     • Discover/Discussing strategies.
     • Presenting new strategies
     • Modeling the strategy
     • Providing extensive prectice.
     • Explainig why and when the strategies can be used
   • Teaching materials for strategy instruction.
     • Coursebooks
       • All levels.
       • Ages
       • Interests
     • Specific LS Instruction book.
       • Encourage learners reflection.
       • Discover LS that suit them best.
     • Self-directed strategy
       • Students work alone.
   • Implicit and explicit strategy Instruction:
     • Implicit: No direct mention of LS.
     • Explicit: Studnets reflect on LS
   • Teaching Metacognitive strategies involves:
     • Interaction:
     • Thinking Planning
     • Control/ evaluation over learning.
   • Teachers and strategy instructions:
     • Teacher need to see the process under learners´eyes
       • Change LS according to learners needs
         • Teacher as assimilators
         • Teacher as middle grounders
         • Teacher as resisters
       • Cohen 1998 sub-roles of teachers
         • Diagnostician.
         • Coach.
         • Coordinator.
         • Reseacher.
         • Learner trainer.
         • Language learner.

5. ISSUES in strategies instruction

   • Short/Long term?
   • Implicit/ explicit strategies Instructions
   • Comprehensive/ limited strategies

6. ASSIGNMENT 3 MIND MAP Studnet name: Maria Guillen

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