Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies: Self-Regulation in Context, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781138856790 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 01/09/2017 Series: Applied Linguistics in Action Pages: 370 Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) Now in its second edition, Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies: Self-Regulation in Context charts the field systematically and coherently for the benefit of language learning practitioners, students, and researchers. This volume carries on the author's tradition of linking theoretical insights with readability and practical utility and offers an enhanced Strategic Self-Regulation Model. It is enriched by many new features, such as the first-ever major content analysis of published learning strategy definitions, leading to a long-awaited, encompassing strategy definition that, to a significant degree, brings order out of chaos in the strategy field. Rebecca L. Oxford provides an intensive discussion of self-regulation, agency, and related factors as the "soul of learning strategies." She usher