Description
This text enables students and teachers to take a fresh look at the learning process. Its strategies-based instruction guides students to become aware of their learning styles and to develop strategies to make their language learning successful. It can be used to enhance any English language course.
Features
Questionnaires in every chapter help learners assess their learning styles.
Discussions encourage students to explore language-learning strategies, take risks, build self-confidence, and acquire successful test-taking strategies.
End of chapter exercises help users practice all language skills as they develop learning strategies.
Table of Contents 1. What Kind of Learner Are You? 2. Discovering Your Learning Styles 3. Left Brain and Right Brain 4. Motivating Yourself and Setting Goals 5. Developing Self-Confidence and Lowering Anxiety 6. Learning to Take Risks 7. What's Your Language-Learning IQ? 8. The Influence of Your Native Language 9. Learning a Second Culture 10. Using Individual learning Strategies 11. Using Group Strategies 12. Strategies for Taking Tests