Available in print and electronic formats.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language examines what it takes to achieve long-term success in languages beyond the first language. Distinguishing language learning from language use strategies, Andrew D. Cohen disentangles a morass of terminology to help the reader see what language strategies are and how they can enhance performance. Particular areas of research examined in the book include:
- links between the use of task-specific strategies and language performance
- how multilinguals verbalise their thoughts during language learning and implement strategies that learners use in test-taking contexts
In this fully revised and substantially rewritten second edition, every chapter has been reworked, with material either updated or replaced. Entirely new material has also been developed based on examples of specific strategies supplied by actual learners, mostly drawn from a website featuring these strategies in the learning of Spanish grammar." (Back Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of figures
List of tables List of boxes Foreword Wen Qiufang Acknowledgments Publisher's acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Coming to terms with second language learning and language use strategies 3. Methods for investigating language learning and language use strategies 4. Practice of strategy instruction 5. Research on strategy instruction 6. Strategies for choosing the language of thought 7. Strategy use in language assessment 8. Discussion and conclusions References Author index Subject index