Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE: WHY IS CULTURE IMPORTANT FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES? IX
4. PART I: WHAT DOES STRATEGY ASSESSMENT TELL US IN VARIOUS CULTURES AND LANGUAGES?
5. CHAPTER 1 INCREASING METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS IN THE L2 CLASSROOM BY USING THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOLS AND OTHER VERBAL REPORT FORMATS 3
6. CHAPTER 2 TELLING THEIR STORIES: LANGUAGE STUDENTS USE DIARIES AND RECOLLECTION 19
7. CHAPTER 3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND ISRAELI VERSUS RUSSIAN CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL FACTORS 35
8. CHAPTER 4 CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES 47
9. CHAPTER 5 LEARNING STRATEGIES AND OTHER PREDICTORS OF ESL PROFICIENCY AMONG AFRIKAANS SPEAKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA 61
10. CHAPTER 6 THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND MOTIVATION ON EFL LEARNING STRATEGY USE IN JORDAN 75
11. CHAPTER 7 A SYNTHESIS OF APPROACHES TO ASSESSING LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES 89
12. PART II: HOW CAN WE IMPROVE STRATEGY USE AROUND THE WORLD?
13. CHAPTER 8 THE CONCEPTUAL SHIFT TO LEARNER-CENTERED CLASSROOMS: INCREASING TEACHER AND STUDENT STRATEGIC AWARENESS 109
14. CHAPTER 9 HOW PRINT MATERIALS PROVIDE STRATEGY INSTRUCTION 119
15. CHAPTER 10 UNOBTRUSIVE COMPUTERIZED OBSERVATION OF COMPENSATION STRATEGIES FOR WRITING TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRATEGY INSTRUCTION 141
16. CHAPTER 11 USING MULTIMEDIA FOR LEARNER STRATEGY INSTRUCTION 151
17. CHAPTER 12 UNIVERSITY-LEVEL STUDIES USING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE SPEAKING ABILITY IN EGYPT AND JAPAN 157
18. CHAPTER 13 IMPLEMENTING THE COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH (CALLA) 167
19. CHAPTER 14 METHODS FOR TEACHING LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM 175
20. CHAPTER 15 THE FORESEE APPROACH FOR ESL STRATEGY INSTRUCTION IN AN ACADEMIC-PROFICIENCY CONTEXT 189
21. CHAPTER 16 EFFECTIVE AWARENESS-RAISING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION 205
22. CHAPTER 17 A TWO-PHASE STUDY INVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING AND STRATEGY USE FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS 211
23. CHAPTER 18 A SYNTHESIS OF STRATEGY INSTRUCTION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS 227
24. AFTERWORD WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AROUND THE WORLD? 247
25. REFERENCES 251
26. ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND HOW TO CONTACT THEM 283