This exciting new handbook provides teachers with practical guidelines and classroom-tested lessons and activities to teach ESL students how to use learning strategies. Written by experts in the field, this book is a highly accessible must-have guide for implementing learning strategies in the classroom.

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PART ONE: Helping Students Learn

Introduction

2

(8)

National Curriculum Standards

3

(2)

Content-Based Language Instruction

5

(1)

Portfolio Assessment

6

(1)

The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)

7

(1)

How to Use This Book

8

(2)

Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning

10

(24)

The Metacognitive Model

11

(3)

Individual Strategies in the Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning

14

(20)

Instructional Framework

34

(18)

Factors Facilitating Effective Strategies Instruction

35

(8)

An Instructional Framework

43

(9)

PART TWO: CALLA Strategies Step by Step

Preparation

52

(24)

Creating the Learner-Centered Classroom

53

(7)

Self-Efficacy for Language Learning and Strategies

60

(4)

Identifying Students' Existing Learning Strategies

64

(12)

Presentation

76

(22)

General Guidelines for Presenting Learning Strategies

77

(2)

Suggested Activities for Presenting Learning Strategies

79

(19)

Practice

98

(16)

General Guidelines for Practicing Learning Strategies

99

(7)

Suggested Activities for Practicing Learning Strategies

106

(8)

Evaluation

114

(25)

General Guidelines for Evaluating Learning Strategies

115

(1)

Suggested Activities for Evaluating Learning Strategies

116

(23)

Expansion

139

(17)

General Guidelines for Expanding the Use of Learning Strategies

140

(1)

Suggested Activities for Expanding the Application of Learning Strategies

141

(15)

PART THREE: From Theory through Practice

Theoretical Background and Research on Learning Strategies

156

(23)

Learning Theories Supporting the Use and Development of Learning Strategies

157

(4)

Insights from Learning Strategies Research

161

(18)

Language Learning Strategies Lessons

179

(60)

Organization of the Lessons

180

(1)

How to Use the Lessons

181

(2)

Using Background Knowledge Writing about Family

183

(2)

Setting Goals Setting Language Learning Goals

185

(3)

Worksheet: Set Goals

187

(1)

Checking Goals Evaluating Progress toward Goals

188

(3)

Worksheet: Check Goals

190

(1)

Selective Attention Circle Step

191

(2)

Using Background Knowledge / Ask If It Makes Sense Answering Comprehension Questions

193

(3)

Worksheet: Guidelines for Answering Comprehension Questions

195

(1)

Cooperation Preparing to Read

196

(4)

Worksheet: Group Report

199

(1)

Deduction Applying Rules When Reading

200

(2)

Grouping Learning Vocabulary

202

(3)

Worksheet: English Vocabulary for Technology

204

(1)

Evaluating Strategies Identifying and Evaluating Strategies to Unlock the Meanings of New Words

205

(4)

Worksheet: What Strategies Are You Using to Figure Out the Meanings of New Words?

208

(1)

Prediction / Verification through Summarizing Reading a Russian Fairy Tale

209

(4)

Worksheet: Prediction and Verification through Summarizing

212

(1)

Imagery Using Storytelling to Teach Imagery

213

(2)

Inferencing / Using Resources Finding the Meaning from the Text

215

(2)

Organizational Planning / Self-Management Writing Folk Tales

217

(4)

Worksheet: Are You Your Own Boss?

220

(1)

Personalization / Note-Taking A Person You'll Never Forget

221

(3)

Worksheet: The Person I Will Never Forget

223

(1)

Prediction Predicting with Storytelling

224

(3)

Worksheet: The Tailor

226

(1)

Evaluate Yourself / Take Notes / Selective Attention / Talk Yourself Through It Presenting Oral Reports on Science Projects

227

(4)

Self-Talk Applying Positive Self-Talk to Speaking Tasks

231

(3)

Worksheet: Using Self-Talk

233

(1)

Substitution Substituting for Unknown Descriptive Words

234

(2)

Summarize Summarizing a Story

236

(3)

References

239

(8)

Index

247

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