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Learning Strategies Handbook


Learning Strategies Handbook

Paperback by Chamot, Anna; Barnhardt, Sarah; El-Dinary, Pamela; Robbins, Jill

Learning Strategies Handbook

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ISBN:
9780201385489
Publication Date:
27 Jan 2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pearson Education (US)
Pages:
256 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 21 - 29 May 2024
Learning Strategies Handbook

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.

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

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