http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/oxford01.html
Oxford, R. (1994). Language learning strategies: an update.
ERIC document
ED 456 670 [available online]
Oxford, R (2001) Integrated skills in the ESL/EFL classroom. ESL
Magazine 6, 1.
These articles by Rebecca Oxford explain what strategies
good language learners use and what factors influence strategy use.
Which of these
factors do you think apply to language learning as opposed to learning
in general? How could integrating skills apply when you are teaching
a content-based lesson in Spanish to your English-speaking students?
ERIC
document ED 445 518 [available online]
Chamot, A. et al.(2000). Children’s learning strategies in language
immersion classrooms.
This research report discusses learning strategies
of high-rated and low-rated elementary students in foreign language
immersion classrooms.
Do you find your students apply these same strategies when working
on a Spanish language activity? Which strategies do you think can
be taught
to your students?
ERIC document ED 463 655 [available online]
Tsuchida, M (2002). The learning strategies: helping students learn
how to learn.
This article explains how to apply the learning strategies that Chamot
and O’Malley defined in a foreign language lesson. What strategies
could you apply to a Spanish-language activity with your students
that would help them learn?
