Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1: Issues, Theories, and Frameworks 1. Claims and Critiques / Mike Grenfell and Ernesto Macaro 2. Coming to Terms with Language Learner Strategies: Surveying the Experts / Andrew D. Cohen 3. Bridging the Gap between Psychological and Sociocultural Perspectives on L2 learner Strategies / Rebecca L. Oxford and Karen Schramm 4. Applying Strategies to Contexts: the Role of Individual, Situational, and Group Differences / Osamu Takeuchi, Carol Griffiths, and Do Coyle 5. Research Methods in Strategy Research: Re-examining the Toolbox / Cynthia White, Karen Schramm, and Anna Uhl Chamot 6. L2 Grammar Strategies: the Second Cinderella and Beyond / Rebecca L. Oxford and Kyoung Rang Lee with Gloria Park 7. Intervening in the Use of Strategies / Joan Rubin, Anna Uhl Chamot, Vee Harris, and Neil J. Anderson

Part 2: Reviewing Thirty Years of Empirical LLS Research An Introduction to Systematic Reviewing / Ernesto Macaro and Andrew D. Cohen 8. A Review of Listening Strategies: Focus on Sources of Knowledge and on Success / Ernesto Macaro, Suzanne Graham, and Robert Vanderplank 9. A Review of Reading Strategies: Focus on the Impact of First Language / Lynn Erler and Claudia Finkbeiner 10. A Review of Oral Communication Strategies: Focus on Interactionist and Psycholinguistic Perspectives / Yasuo Nakatani and Christine Goh 11. A Review of Writing Strategies: Focus on Conceptualizations and Impact of First Language / Rosa M. Manchón, Julio Roca de Larios, and Liz Murphy 12. A Review of Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Focus on language proficiency and learner voice / Martha Nyikos and May Fan

Notes on the authors

Bibliography

"Research into language learner strategies has the fundamental goal of improving the teaching and learning of second languages. This book explores the notion that the reason why some learners of second languages excel and others struggle lies in what the learners themselves do - the strategies they bring to language learning and to language use. The volume provides a unique and timely re-examination of key issues such as strategies in context, strategy instruction, and strategy research methods by numerous experts in the field writing collaboratively. It offers an invaluable overview of what is known from empirical research about listening, reading, speaking, writing, vocabulary, and grammar strategies, and proposes a clear and focused research agenda for the next decades. The contributors are leading researchers and practitioners in the fields of language learner strategy research, education, and applied linguistics." (Book Cover).