The learning strategies handbook
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The learning strategies handbook
Longman, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Part One: Helping Students Learn
1 Introduction
National Curriculum Standards
Content-Based Language Instruction
Portfolio Assessment
The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)
How to Use This Book
2 Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning
The Metacognitive Model
Individual Strategies in the Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning
3 Instructional Framework
Factors Facilitating Effective Strategies Instruction
An Instructional Framework
Part Two: CALLA Strategies Step by Step
4 Phase 1: Preparation
Creating the Learner-Centered Classroom
Self-Efficacy for Language Learning and Strategies
Identifying Students' Existing Learning Strategies
5 Phase 2: Presentation
General Guidelines for Presenting Learning Strategies
Suggested Activities for Presenting Learning Strategies
6 Phase 3: Practice
General Guidelines for Practicing Learning Strategies
Suggested Activities for Practicing Learning Strategies
7 Phase 4: Evaluation
General Guidelines for Evaluating Learning Strategies
Suggested Activities for Evaluating Learning Strategies
8 Phase 5: Expansion
General Guidelines for Expanding the Use of Learning Strategies
Suggested Activities for Expanding the Application of Learning Strategies
Part Three: From Theory through Practice
9 Theoretical Background and research on Learning Strategies
Learning Theories Supporting the Use and Development of Learning Strategies
Insights from Learning Strategies Research
10 Language Learning Strategies Lessons
Organization of the Lessons
How to Use the Lessons
Using Background Knowledge
Writing about Family
Setting Goals
Setting Language Learning Goals
Worksheet: Set Goals
Checking Goals
Evaluating Progress toward Goals
Worksheet: Check Goals
Selective Attention Circle Step
Using Background Knowledge/Ask If It Makes Sense
Answering Comprehension Questions
Worksheet: Guidelines for Answering Comprehension Questions
Cooperation
Preparing to Read
Worksheet: Group Report
Deduction Applying Rules When Reading
Groupin
Learning Vocabulary
Worksheet: English Vocabulary for Technology
Evaluating Strategies
Identifying and Evaluating Strategies to Unlock the Meaning of New Words
Worksheet: What Strategies Are You Using to Figure Out the
Meanings of New Words?
Prediction / Verification through Summarizing
Reading a Russian Fairy Tale
Worksheet: Prediction and Verification through Summarizing
Imagery
Using Storytelling to Teach Imagery
Inferencing/Using Resources
Finding the Meaning from the Text
Organizational Planning/Self-Management
Writing Folk Tales
Worksheet: Are You Your Own Boss?
Personalization/Note-Taking
A Person You'll Never forget
Worksheet: The Person I Will Never Forget
Prediction
Predicting with Storytelling
Worksheet: The Tailor
Evaluate Yourself/Take Notes/Selective Attention/Talk Yourself Through It
Presenting Oral Reports on Science Projects
Self-Talk
Applying Positive Self-Talk to Speaking Tasks
Worksheet: Using Self-Talk
Substitution
Substituting for Unknown Descriptive Words
Summarize
Summarizing a Story
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"