Learning Strategies Instruction in Second Language Classroom
LEARNING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM Dr.A.Joycilin Shermila, Associate Professor, Annammal College of Education for Women, Tuticorin - 628003 jshermila@yahoo.com
“WE CANNOT TEACH ANOTHER PERSON DIRECTLY; WE CAN ONLY FACILATE HIS/HER LEARNING” - Carl Rogers Learning Strategies are a set of operations, steps and plans used by the learner to facilitate the storage, retrieval and use of information. Richards and Platt (1992: 209) assert that learning strategies are ‘intentional behaviour and thoughts used by learners during learning so as to better help them understand, learn, or remember new information’. Cohen (1998) says that learning strategies are consciously selected by the learner. All language learners use language learning strategies either consciously or unconsciously when they get new information and use them in the second language. It is reported that language learners who are capable of using a wide variety of language learning strategies appropriately can improve their language skills (Fedderholdt, 1997).
Characteristics of the Second Language Learner
There are students with different categories in classrooms for learning the second language. Teachers should educate different language learners with their special characteristics and must provide an individual quality education to suit the requirements of the second language learners. There are a great number of learner characteristics and the teacher must identify different strategic techniques associated with different second language learners.
Agreement between Teachers and Learners
Teachers shoulder much of the responsibility for learning in the classroom. But in a language
“WE CANNOT TEACH ANOTHER PERSON DIRECTLY; WE CAN ONLY FACILATE HIS/HER LEARNING” - Carl Rogers Learning Strategies are a set of operations, steps and plans used by the learner to facilitate the storage, retrieval and use of information. Richards and Platt (1992: 209) assert that learning strategies are ‘intentional behaviour and thoughts used by learners during learning so as to better help them understand, learn, or remember new information’. Cohen (1998) says that learning strategies are consciously selected by the learner. All language learners use language learning strategies either consciously or unconsciously when they get new information and use them in the second language. It is reported that language learners who are capable of using a wide variety of language learning strategies appropriately can improve their language skills (Fedderholdt, 1997).
Characteristics of the Second Language Learner
There are students with different categories in classrooms for learning the second language. Teachers should educate different language learners with their special characteristics and must provide an individual quality education to suit the requirements of the second language learners. There are a great number of learner characteristics and the teacher must identify different strategic techniques associated with different second language learners.
Agreement between Teachers and Learners
Teachers shoulder much of the responsibility for learning in the classroom. But in a language