+Preparing Teachers for Styles -and strategies- Based instruction

Irene Martn Soriano

Postgraduate Degree in teaching English as a third Language

Subject: Factors estratgics en laprenentatge de llenges

Teacher: Nria Hernndez

+SUMMARY Paper structure

LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

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LEARNING STYLES

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LANGUAGE LEARNER STRATEGIES

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SSBI

ALL OF THEM BASED ON EXAMPLES THAT SUSTAIN THE THEORETICAL

FRAME

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MAIN GOAL

HAVING VIEWS OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS

STYLES AND STRATEGIES BASED INSTRUCTION AS

A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL

PROCESS OF THE LANGUAGE TEACHING AND

LEARNING

+ LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

n Needs to motivate her/his students transmiting them his/her passion for the target

n In recent years, theyve been paying attention to the learning processes of their students in order to:

The teacher

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

Develop their awarness of their own preferred learning styles

Determine the nature of their current language learning and language use strategy repertoire

Complement their strategies with more strategies that could benifit them

+LEARNING STYLES

The students have several preferences for approaching learning

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

VISUAL HEARING HANDS ON

EXTROVERTED INTROVERTED ABSTRACT AND

INTUITIVE

+LEARNING STYLES

The students have several preferences for approaching learning

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

CONCRETE KEEP ALL THE OPTIONS OPEN

BEING CLOSURE-ORIENTED GLOBAL

+LEARNING STYLES

The students have several preferences for approaching learning

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

PARTICULAR SYNTHESIZING

ANALYTIC

+According with each

LEARNING STYLES

there are several

LANGUAGE LEARNER

STRAGEGIES

used

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

+ LANGUAGE LEARNER STRATEGIES

The students use them to improvingin the L2 learning process

STRATEGIES ARE OREDERED BY

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

FUNCTION

LEARNIGN STRATEGIES

USE STRATEGIES

PURPOSE

METACOGNITIVE

COGNITIVE

AFFECTIVE

SOCIAL

SKILL AREA

LISTENING/SPEAKING

READING/WRITING

VOCABULARY LEARNING

TRANSLATION STRATEGIES

PROFICIENCY LEVELS

BEGINNING

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

+ LANGUAGE LEARNER STRATEGIES

The students use them to improvingin the L2 learning process

STRATEGIES ARE CLASSIFIED BY

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

CULTURE LANGUAGE

SPECIFICS SUPPORTS TO LANGUAGE

AGE

+REALTIONSHIP BETWEEN

LEARNING STYLE AND LEARNER STRATEGIES

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

ACCOMPLISHMENT THE L2 TASKS

Use of strategies

the students select

Language learning

Style preferences

+ THE SSBI (STYLES AND STRATEGIES BASED INSTRUCTION) TEACHERS MANUAL

1. Language teachers education

2. Learning styles

3. Language learners strategies

4. Relatioship between learning style and learner strategies

5. SSBI

Its a manual which cointains theoretical background with practical suggestions

It has scripted lessons for use by teachers to develop styles and strategies based instruction

GOAL: To help the students become more effective, efficient and responsible as a L2 learners

At the same time the SSBI is divided in three specific blocs

A SELF-ACCES MANUAL FOR

STUDENTS

AN INSTRUCTORS MANUAL

A PROGRAM ADVISORS MANUAL

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CONCLUSIONS

1. As a teacher we have to show our students all kind of strategies in order to offer them the better one which fits with their learning style.

2. Even the strategies are classified under different names, the important thing the content of that one.

3. Under my opinion is important to follow the SSBI once a year, at least as a guide. The teacher will be informed about how she/he can teach the some strategies to her/his students.

+ Strategies are not inherently good or bad but rather may be appropriate or inappropriate for a given learner at a particular instant

Cohen, 2001