Situating Language Learning Strategy Use: Present Issues and Future Trends

This book presents the latest research on the role of strategy use and development in second and foreign language teaching and learning. It comprises a wide selection of studies which cover topics such as strategic training of young EFL learners, promoting critical thinking through video gaming, language learning strategies for languages other than English, and the contribution of language learning strategies to the development of the four language learning skills. It will equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge to help them better appreciate how language learning strategies contribute to and are linked with language learning processes. The contributing authors share research from their various contexts, which range from primary to tertiary education, and discuss the need for fine-tuned strategy categorization, conscious self-regulation and proposed strategy instruction.

Table of Contents:
Figures and Tables Contributors Peter Yongqi Gu: Foreword Preface Introduction PART 1: Language Learning Strategies: Where Do We Go from Here? Chapter 1. Andrew D. Cohen: Language Learner Strategies: A Call for Fine-Tuned Strategy Categorization Chapter 2. Rebecca L. Oxford: Consciously Keeping Watch: Self-Regulation and Learning Strategies PART 2: New Pathways to Language Learning Strategy Research Chapter 3. Milevica Bojović: Speaking Strategies and Speaking Ability in ESP Classrooms in a Higher Education Setting Chapter 4. Richard LaBontee: Vocabulary Learning Strategy Surveys in Second Language Acquisition: Design, Context and Content Chapter 5. Višnja Pavičić Takač and Sanja Marinov: Exploring EFL Learners' Paths through Vocabulary Learning Using Narrative Frames Chapter 6. Thomaϊ Alexiou, Lydia Mitits and James Milton: The Language of the Home in Learning L2 Vocabulary Chapter 7. Ana Petanjak Dedić and Renata Geld: Strategic Construal of Particle Verbs (PVs) in Croatian Secondary School Learners of English PART 3: Language Learning Strategies in Context Chapter 8. Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey: Situating Language Learning Strategy Use and Instruction: The Greek Context Chapter 9. Iris Papadopoulou, Ifigeneia Machili and Zoe Kantaridou: Task-Specific Strategy Use in Video-Mediated Integrated Writing: The Greek EAP Context Chapter 10. Zoe Gavriilidou, Irina Tresorukova and Antonios Mylonopoulos: Understanding Language Learning Strategies in Context: The Case of Russian Students Learning Greek as a Foreign Language Chapter 11. Lydia Mitits, Zoe Gavriilidou and Athina Vrettou: EFL Learning Strategies and Motivational Orientations of Multilingual Learners in Mainstream and Dual-immersion Schools PART 4: Aspects of Language Learning Strategy Instruction Chapter 12. Maria Mitsiaki and Anna Anastassiadis-Symeonidis: Morphological Segmentation in Strategy-based Instruction: Towards a Graded Morphological Syllabus of Modern Greek Chapter 13. Nae-Dong Yang: Promoting Learner Autonomy through Learning Strategy Instruction with College EFL Students Chapter 14. Vasiliki-Agathi Theodoridou and Anna-Maria Hatzitheodorou: Promoting Learners’ Critical Thinking and Developing Reading Strategies through Critical Video-gaming Chapter 15. Anna-Theodora Veliki and Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey: Using Digital Supportive Feedback for the Strategic Training of Young EFL Learners Appendix A: VLS Surveys Appendix B: A Completed and Coded Narrative Frame Appendix C: Class A Course Syllabus Appendix D: Class B Course Syllabus Appendix E: Unit 4 Lesson Plan Appendix F: Unit 4 Activities and Tasks Appendix G: Needs Analysis Questionnaire Appendix H: Sample Diary Entry Appendix I: Learner Beliefs Questionnaire  Appendix J: Questionnaire and Vocabulary Tests  Appendix K: Interactive Material  Subject Index Author Index