An extremely lucid book that mixes discursive prose with exercises, questions and prompts for reflection. Each theoretical point is supported by a fully explained example. The book focuses on the different strategies that people use to learn languages and shows teacher how to (a) train pupils in those strategies and (b) adapt their teaching to derive the greatest benefit from each strategy.

Ernesto Macaro is Professor of Applied Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition) in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He has previously been a Head of Languages in a secondary school.

Contents

1. The learner's strategies and the teacher's strategies
2. Investigating the learners in our classrooms: acquiring the tools of the trade
3. Studies which describe strategy use
4. Intervention Studies: learning to learn
5. An Intervention Study in Detail
6. Learner Training in Languages Classrooms
7. Following up Learner Training