TheStrategy Factor in Successful Language Learning : : The Tornado Effect / / Carol Griffiths.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English
• VerfasserIn: Griffiths, Carol,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book addresses fundamental questions regarding the relationships between successful language learning and strategy use and development, according to learner, situational or target variables. It considers strategy effectiveness from an individual point of view and discusses pedagogical issues, especially relating to teacher perceptions and training, classroom and learner factors, methodology and content. This new edition has been reworked and revised to include an extensive review, analysis and re-interpretation of the existing literature and an update on the theoretical debate surrounding language learning strategies. The research methodology section has been considerably extended and detailed explanations are now given for how to analyse data from research studies. Rather than focusing on strategies divorced from the 'real world' of the classroom, this book explores the issues from the teaching/learning point of view and will be of interest to students, teachers, trainee teachers, teacher educators and researchers alike.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A Conceptual Perspective -- 2. A Quantitative Perspective -- 3. A Qualitative Perspective -- 4. A Pedagogical Perspective -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Language Skills Development Strategy Questionnaire -- Appendix 2 : English Language Learning Strategy Inventory (ELLSI) -- Appendix 3 : Interview Guide -- Appendix 3 : Interview Guide 216 Appendix 4 : The English Language Development Strategy Inventory (ELLSI - Teachers’ Version) -- Appendix 5 : Target Language Learning Strategy Inventory (TaLLSI) – 2016 -- Glossary -- References -- Index