Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language

3. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-30383-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language provides a wide-ranging account of the strategies people deploy to learn additional languages and to communicate through them. Fully updated, this third edition draws on collaborative insights to address recent developments in artificial intelligence, digital learning, learner engagement, and multilingual education.

The volume combines theory with practical examples and research from a range of educational and multilingual settings. The authors examine how bilingual and multilingual learners choose the language in which they think, how test takers approach different assessment tasks, and how researchers can investigate strategic behavior through interviews, questionnaires, observation, verbal report, digital diaries, and computer-use tracking. It also reviews evidence on strategy instruction and offers detailed guidance on how teachers can help learners identify, practice, evaluate, and transfer strategies. Additionally, chapter-specific glossaries and online support materials encourage a learning experience that readers can personalize according to their proficiency level and individual needs. Building on key concepts, the book shows how strategies operate across the skill areas, such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, translation, and test taking. It demonstrates how strategic behavior is influenced by the learners’ characteristics, motivation, style preferences, and language proficiency level, as well as by the nature of the specific language task and by the language learning and use context.

This book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, teacher educators, and language teachers seeking to understand and support more effective, reflective, and independent language learning.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Andrew D.

Wang, Isobel Kai-Hui

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. An Introduction to Language Learner Strategies 2. Language Learner Strategies: A Comprehensive View 3. Inside the Learner’s Mind  4. Strategy Use In Language Assessment  5. Methods for Researching LLS  6. Findings from Strategy Instruction (SI) Research  7. The Practice of Strategy Instruction (SI)  8. Discussion and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Andrew D. Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Second Language Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is contributing author for Noriko Ishihara’s Teaching and Learning Pragmatics (Routledge, 2022).

Dr. Isobel Kai-Hui Wang is Assistant Professor in Language Education at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on vocabulary strategies and strategy instruction. She leads a master’s course in TESOL Methodology and has supervised both pre-service and in-service teachers of English from around the world.