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 some learners of second languages excel and others struggle lies in what the learners themselves do-the strategies they bring t[...]

An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning ? yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This book is a practical language teachers? guide that focuses on how to teach socially and culturally appropriate language f[...]

This volume addresses salient theoretical issues concerning the validity of research methods in second-language acquisition, and provides critical analysis of contextualized versus sentence-level production approaches. The contributors present their views of competence versus performance, the nature[...]