This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the publication of two landmark articles
concerning the 'good language learner'. In the years since, vigorous debate has revolved …

Simply stated, language learning strategies (LLS; in this chapter, LLS refers to the plural
form) are purposeful mental actions (sometimes accompanied by observable behaviors) …

I still remember the first time I approached learning strategies in the mid-nineties as a PhD
candidate. I discovered a new universe and I became aware of how much specialized …

An aspect of teaching/learning methodology which has attracted a great deal of debate over
the years is the issue of strategy instruction. A major premise of the research on the …

Although issues related to learner variables have received considerable attention over the
years, issues related to teachers have not been researched as thoroughly. This study aimed …

This book addresses fundamental questions regarding the relationships between successful
language learning and strategy use and development according to learner, situational or …

Major advances have been made in research on language learning strategies (LLS) since it
was triggered by good language learner studies (eg Rubin, 1975). Numerous accounts of …

There has long existed both pedagogic and research interest in learners' solutions to
learning problems. This emerged in recent times as a reaction to behaviourist conceptions of …

This article looks at how the theory of language-learning strategies (LLS), as used by
speakers of other languages (SOL), has developed alongside other theories of language …

This article reviews two decades of empirical research on language learning strategies in
the field of second language acquisition (SLA). Five broad questions are examined: I) What …