SLA Implications to Language Learning Strategies and Pedagogy

SLA Implications to Language Learning Strategies and Pedagogy

Akbarov, Azamat
Arslan, Mustafa

The topic of language learning has been one of the most prolific areas of research in ESL education in recent years. With the advent of the communicative approach in ESL education, greater responsibility has been placed on ESL learners for their own learning then under the previous teaching methods used in ESL classrooms. Therefore, the learners under the communicative approach often need to employ various and specific language learning strategies in order to carry out their tasks or to facilitate their language learning. The purpose of this paper is to provide ESL teachers with a broad picture for the area of language learning strategies. In addition, it aims to offer ESL teachers some applications for their own classrooms. There have been there major domains related to research on language learning strategies: 1) identification and classification of language learning strategies; 2) factors influencing the use of language learning strategies; and 3) language learning strategy training. Several implications and applications are discussed based on the findings from the three domains.

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2010-06

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