Learning Strategies

Learning Strategies consist in a set of strategies used by the teacher in order to enable the students to learn a language (or any subject). This way, there are many different kinds of learning strategies, among which the teacher would select those ones that are appropriate for the intended purposes. So, there is not a 'better' or 'worse' strategy, but those which 'fit better' according to the students' learning style, pace, etc.

It is really important for a teacher to manage many different learning strategies, so it makes the class interesting for the students. Besides, each learning strategy must be used according to the class you have. For example, it is not appropriate to choose a group discussion activity if all the students from a class are extremely shy. The effectiveness of each strategy will have to be with its appropriateness.

'Learning strategies' on the Internet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_learning

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/front_strategies.html

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED237180&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED237180

Bibliographical Sources:

NISBET, J.; SHUCKSMITH, J. Learning strategies. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.

___________________. The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages. 7^th printing. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

LITLEWOOD, W. Communicativa Language Learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University press, 1981.