Ernesto Macaro is Professor of Applied Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition) in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He has previously been a Head of Languages in a secondary school.

• Contents 1. The learner's strategies and the teacher's strategies2. Investigating the learners in our classrooms: acquiring the tools of the trade3. Studies which describe strategy use4. Intervention Studies: learning to learn5. An Intervention Study in Detail6. Learner Training in Languages Classrooms7. Following up Learner Training

Ernesto Macaro is Professor of Applied Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition) in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He has previously been a Head of Languages in a secondary school.

• Contents 1. The learner's strategies and the teacher's strategies2. Investigating the learners in our classrooms: acquiring the tools of the trade3. Studies which describe strategy use4. Intervention Studies: learning to learn5. An Intervention Study in Detail6. Learner Training in Languages Classrooms7. Following up Learner Training