Situating Language Learning Strategy Use

Zoe Gavriilidou works at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. Her research interests include language learning strategies, pedagogical lexicography and heritage languages.Lydia Mitits works at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. Her research interests include language learning strategies, multilingualism and heritage languages.

For anyone interested in language learning strategies, whether they be researchers, practitioners or students, this edited volume provides stimulating analyses of theoretical and conceptual issues, insightful perspectives from various learning contexts, and useful implications for promoting learner autonomy. I am confident that this book will further advance our understanding relating to strategic language learning.

• Figures and TablesContributorsPeter Yongqi Gu: Foreword PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: Language Learning Strategies: Where Do We Go from Here?Chapter 1. Andrew D. Cohen: Language Learner Strategies: A Call for Fine-Tuned Strategy CategorizationChapter 2. Rebecca L. Oxford: Consciously Keeping Watch: Self-Regulation and Learning StrategiesPART 2: New Pathways to Language Learning Strategy ResearchChapter 3. Milevica Bojović: Speaking Strategies and Speaking Ability in ESP Classrooms in a Higher Education SettingChapter 4. Richard LaBontee: Vocabulary Learning Strategy Surveys in Second Language Acquisition: Design, Context and ContentChapter 5. Višnja Pavičić Takač and Sanja Marinov: Exploring EFL Learners' Paths through Vocabulary Learning Using Narrative FramesChapter 6. Thomaϊ Alexiou, Lydia Mitits and James Milton: The Language of the Home in Learning L2 VocabularyChapter 7. Ana Petanjak Dedić and Renata Geld: Strategic Construal of Particle Verbs (PVs) in Croatian Secondary School Learners of EnglishPART 3: Language Learning Strategies in ContextChapter 8. Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey: Situating Language Learning Strategy Use and Instruction: The Greek ContextChapter 9. Iris Papadopoulou, Ifigeneia Machili and Zoe Kantaridou: Task-Specific Strategy Use in Video-Mediated Integrated Writing: The Greek EAP ContextChapter 10. Zoe Gavriilidou, Irina Tresorukova and Antonios Mylonopoulos: Understanding Language Learning Strategies in Context: The Case of Russian Students Learning Greek as a Foreign LanguageChapter 11. Lydia Mitits, Zoe Gavriilidou and Athina Vrettou: EFL Learning Strategies and Motivational Orientations of Multilingual Learners in Mainstream and Dual-immersion SchoolsPART 4: Aspects of Language Learning Strategy InstructionChapter 12. Maria Mitsiaki and Anna Anastassiadis-Symeonidis: Morphological Segmentation in Strategy-based Instruction: Towards a Graded Morphological Syllabus of Modern GreekChapter 13. Nae-Dong Yang: Promoting Learner Autonomy through Learning Strategy Instruction with College EFL StudentsChapter 14. Vasiliki-Agathi Theodoridou and Anna-Maria Hatzitheodorou: Promoting Learners’ Critical Thinking and Developing Reading Strategies through Critical Video-gamingChapter 15. Anna-Theodora Veliki and Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey: Using Digital Supportive Feedback for the Strategic Training of Young EFL LearnersAppendix A: VLS SurveysAppendix B: A Completed and Coded Narrative FrameAppendix C: Class A Course SyllabusAppendix D: Class B Course SyllabusAppendix E: Unit 4 Lesson PlanAppendix F: Unit 4 Activities and TasksAppendix G: Needs Analysis QuestionnaireAppendix H: Sample Diary EntryAppendix I: Learner Beliefs Questionnaire Appendix J: Questionnaire and Vocabulary Tests Appendix K: Interactive Material Subject IndexAuthor Index