Should teachers teach theirstudents learning strategies?

YES,* Become better learners.* Understand their learning process.

* Become more responsible.

indeed.

* Help students be more autonomous.

The beauty of metacognitive awareness

* Self-learning leads to reflection

* If a student knows “how to learn” he/she will be a more successful language learner.

Some “every class” examplesSome examples of metacognitive strategies:

* Organize/plan your own teaching

* Manage your own teaching

* Monitor your own teaching

* Evaluate your own teaching

* Organize/plan your own learning

* Manage your own learning

* Monitor your own learning

* Evaluate your own learning

Teaching–learning process

Are we putting ourmoney where our

mouth is?

Strategies: teachers vs. students Strategy Teacher Student

Background

Activate your students’ prior knowledge in order to buildnew material on what theyalready know.

Think about what you alreadyknow about a topic to help youlearn more about it.

Personalize

Link new material to yourstudents’ knowledge andexperiences using guiding questions or other activities.

Think about how language constructions in the language you are studying compare with those of your native language and relate new information to your own ideas and experiences.

Use Imagery

Create a meaningful contextfor your students byaccompanying newinformation with figures, illustrations, and photographs.

Associate new information with a mental or printedpicture to help you learn it.

The awful truth

1. How much time do you dedicate to studying English outside of class?

a. 15 minutes a day

b. 30 minutes a day

c. 45 minutes a day

d. 1 hour a day

The awful truth

2. When you have trouble learning a topic you: a. Talk to your teacher/ ask for tutoring

b. Talk to a partner

c. Find the answer by yourself.

d. Do nothing

The awful truth

3. Do you consider yourself to be …

a. An excellent language learner

b. An above average language learner

c. An average language learner

d. A poor language learner

The awful truth

4. A learning strategy is:

a: The exercises students do in class

b: The learning tools students use to do the exercises.

c: The experiences students have in their learning process.

d: Materials students use in the exercises.

The awful truth

4. What do you recommend your students to do in order to practice or to improve their English outside the classroom?

a: Do homework

b: Watch movies

c: Use the Internet

d: Study harder

The awful truth

4. What does a good learner do?

a: He/she is punctual.

b: He/she participates a lot in class

c: He/she uses learning strategies.

d: He/she uses English a lot.

Our challenges

Basic and Beginner students don’t have

a clear idea of what learning styles and

learning strategies are.

Our challenges

Teachers are not suggesting learning tools or tutoring sessions to help

students out with their learning process.

Our challenges

Basic and beginner students think they

have a low level in oral production.

Our challenges

High level students say that when they have

learning difficulties, they find the solution

on their own.

Our challenges

Teachers suggest students do a variety of

activities to do outside the classroom.

However, they don’t explain to students how

to carry out such tasks.

Challenges TeachersBasic and Beginner students don’t have a clear idea of what learning styles and learning strategies are.

Teachers are not suggesting learning tools or tutoring sessions to help students out with their learning process.

Basic and beginner students think they have a low level in oral production.

High level students say that when having learning difficulties, they find the solution on their own.

Teachers suggest students do a variety of activities to do outside the classroom. However, they don’t explain howto carry out such tasks.