LEARNING STRATEGIES

Learning strategies are...

• teaching tools to help teachers improve their teaching.

• steps taken by students to enhance their own learning.

• teaching strategies to keep students engaged.

• tips used by students to develop critical thinking.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Strategies are divided into two major classes:

• cognitive and metacognitive.

• memory and compensation.

• direct and indirect.

• drill and practice.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Only one out of four strategies is a memory strategy. Which one?

• Guessing intelligently.

• Creating structure for input and output.

• Analyzing and reasoning.

• Applying images and sound.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which strategies are useful for making mental linkages?

• Grouping, associating/elaborating, and placing new words into a context.

• Semantic mapping, using keywords, and using imagery.

• Representing sounds in memory and structured reviewing.

• Using mechanical techniques and guessing intelligently.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following is not a cognitive strategy?

• Practicing.

• Receiving and sending messages.

• Reviewing well.

• Analyzing and reasoning.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The strategy of recombining involves...

• writing a new expression in a full sentence on a flashcard.

• constructing a meaningful sentence by putting together known elements in new ways.

• altering the message by ommiting some items of information to make the ideas simpler.

• explaining or describing a single concept or a synonym to convey the intended meaning.

Which one does not belong to analyzing and reasoning?

• Getting the idea quickly.

• Highlighting

• Summarizing.

• Translating.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Compensation strategies help learners to...

• overcome knowledge limitations in all four skills.

• think properly in difficult situations.

• take risks when they need to use the language.

• relax and develop their self-esteem when using the L2.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Two strategies that can be used to overcome limitations in speaking are...

• Using linguistic clues and using other clues.

• Repeating and practicing naturalistically.

• Using mime or gesture and coining words.

• Transferring and grouping.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Metacognitive strategies...

• allow learners to control their own cognition.

• develop students´abilities to control their thoughts.

• help learners to actively participate in class.

• reduce students´ anxiety levels.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D