Topic : The Nature of Language Teaching chapter: 24.

Name : Solanki Binita M.

Subject : English Language Teaching.

Paper : 12

Semester : 3, M.A.

Year : 2013-2015

Submitted to: Department of English,Krishnakumarsinhji , Bhavnagar , University.

Date: 04/10/2014

Teaching strategies refer to methods used to help students learn the desired course contents and be able to develop achievable goals in the future. Teaching strategies identify the different available learning methods to enable them to develop the right strategy to deal with the target group identified. Assessment of the learning capabilities of students provides a key pillar in development of a successful teaching strategy.

Introduction:

‘Learning strategies are ‘operation employedby the learner to aid the acquisition, storage Retrieval and use of information, specific action taken by the learner to make learning easier,faster, more enjoyable, more self-directed, more Effective and more transferable to new situation.

Direct strategies

Mnemonic strategies Creating mental linkages Applying images and

sound Reviewing well Employing action.

Cognitive Strategies

PracticingReceiving and sending messagesAnalyzing and reasoningCreating structure for Input and output

Compensation Strategies

Guessing intelligentlyOvercominglimitation in speaking and writing

Indirect strategies

Metacognitive Strategies

Centering your learningArranging and planning your learningEvaluating your learning

Affective Strategies

Lowering your anxietyEncouraging yourselfTaking your emotional

temperature

Social Strategies

Asking questionCooperating with othersEmpathizing with others

The good language learner:

Is a willing and accurate guesser;Has a strong drive to communicate;Is not often inhibited;Focuses on communication, but also attendsto form;Practices and creates opportunities to do soKnows what s appropriate;Attends to meaning;Actively participates.

How to find out your students’ language learning strategies

Ask students to write a short essay or simplyask:How do you study vocabulary?grammar?What do you do when you need to talk toa partner in class?How often read? What enjoy reading?