This exciting new handbook provides teachers with practical guidelines and classroom-tested lessons and activities to teach ESL students how to use learning strategies. Written by experts in the field, this book is a highly accessible must-have guide for implementing learning strategies in the classroom.

Table of Contents:
Part One:    Helping Students Learn   1                     Introduction National Curriculum Standards Content-Based Language Instruction Portfolio Assessment The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) How to Use This Book   2                     Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning The Metacognitive Model Individual Strategies in the Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning   3                     Instructional Framework Factors Facilitating Effective Strategies Instruction An Instructional Framework     Part Two: CALLA Strategies Step by Step   4                     Phase 1: Preparation Creating the Learner-Centered Classroom Self-Efficacy for Language Learning and Strategies Identifying Students’ Existing Learning Strategies   5                     Phase 2: Presentation General Guidelines for Presenting Learning Strategies Suggested Activities for Presenting Learning Strategies   6                     Phase 3: Practice General Guidelines for Practicing Learning Strategies Suggested Activities for Practicing Learning Strategies   7                     Phase 4: Evaluation General Guidelines for Evaluating Learning Strategies Suggested Activities for Evaluating Learning Strategies   8                     Phase 5: Expansion General Guidelines for Expanding the Use of Learning Strategies Suggested Activities for Expanding the Application of Learning Strategies     Part Three:           From Theory through Practice   9                     Theoretical Background and research on Learning Strategies Learning Theories Supporting the Use and Development of Learning Strategies Insights from Learning Strategies Research   10                 Language Learning Strategies Lessons Organization of the Lessons How to Use the Lessons    Using Background Knowledge     Writing about Family    Setting Goals     Setting Language Learning Goals Worksheet: Set Goals    Checking Goals      Evaluating Progress toward Goals  Worksheet: Check Goals    Selective Attention Circle Step    Using Background Knowledge/Ask If It Makes Sense      Answering Comprehension Questions  Worksheet: Guidelines for Answering Comprehension Questions    Cooperation       Preparing to Read   Worksheet: Group Report    Deduction      Applying Rules When Reading    Groupin   Learning Vocabulary   Worksheet: English Vocabulary for Technology    Evaluating Strategies       Identifying and Evaluating Strategies to Unlock the Meaning of   New Words   Worksheet: What Strategies Are You Using to Figure Out the   Meanings of New Words?    Prediction / Verification through Summarizing       Reading a Russian Fairy Tale   Worksheet: Prediction and Verification through Summarizing    Imagery        Using Storytelling to Teach Imagery    Inferencing/Using Resources        Finding the Meaning from the Text    Organizational Planning/Self-Management        Writing Folk Tales   Worksheet: Are You Your Own Boss?    Personalization/Note-Taking        A Person You’ll Never forget   Worksheet: The Person I Will Never Forget    Prediction       Predicting with Storytelling   Worksheet: The Tailor    Evaluate Yourself/Take Notes/Selective Attention/Talk Yourself Through It        Presenting Oral Reports on Science Projects    Self-Talk       Applying Positive Self-Talk to Speaking Tasks   Worksheet: Using Self-Talk    Substitution        Substituting for Unknown Descriptive Words    Summarize        Summarizing a Story   References   Index