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Developmental Trajectories in L2 Writing Strategy Use: A Self-Regulation Perspective
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Sasaki, Miyuki; Mizumoto, Atushi; Murakami, Akira – Modern Language Journal, 2018
This study adopts Oxford's (2017) definition of language learning strategies (LLS) framed by self-regulation theory and explores the longitudinal development in the use of three second language (L2) writing strategies (global planning, local planning, L1-to-L2 translation) by Japanese university students as it interacts with cognitive, affective,…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Second Language Learning, Translation, Japanese
Lexical Inferencing in First and Second Language Listening
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Van Zeeland, Hilde – Modern Language Journal, 2014
Lexical inferencing is an important vocabulary learning strategy. Unfortunately, almost all research on this issue has been carried out in the reading context. This study is the first to directly measure lexical inferencing success in listening, by both native (N?=?47) and nonnative (N?=?30) speakers of English. It analysed the effects of…
Descriptors: Inferences, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development, Listening Skills
Strategies for Language Learning and for Language Use: Revising the Theoretical Framework
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Macaro, Ernesto – Modern Language Journal, 2006
Since the late 1970s, there has been widespread research interest in the strategies that learners use in learning and using second languages. This interest has generated a parallel research effort in language learner strategy instruction. The body of work to date suggests a possible relationship between strategy use and second language learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Models, Metacognition
Cooperative Strategy Training and Oral Interaction: Enhancing Small Group Communication in the Language Classroom
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Naughton, Diane – Modern Language Journal, 2006
This study focused on the effect of a cooperative strategy training program on the patterns of interaction that arose as small groups of students participated in an oral discussion task. The underlying assumption was that students could be taught to engage with each other and with the task in a way that would foster the creation and exploitation…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Pretests Posttests, Learning Strategies, Cooperative Learning
The Effects of Awareness-Raising Training on Oral Communication Strategy Use
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Nakatani, Yasuo – Modern Language Journal, 2005
This study examines current patterns of oral communication strategy (OCS) use, to what degree these strategies can be explicitly taught, and the extent to which strategy use can lead to improvements in oral communication ability. In a 12-week English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course based on a communicative approach, 62 female learners were…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Control Groups, Communication Strategies, English (Second Language)
Autonomy at All Costs: An Ethnography of Metacognitive Self-Assessment and Self-Management among Experienced Language Learners.
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Rivers, William P. – Modern Language Journal, 2001
Analyzes self-directed language learning behaviors of adult third-language learners based on qualitative data. Data were gathered from learners of Georgian and Kazakh at the University of Maryland, College Park. All learners were found to assess their progress, learning styles, strategy preferences, and conflicts with teaching styles, and with the…
Descriptors: Caucasian Languages, Cognitive Style, College Students, Ethnography