Conclusion: The future of research into language learning strategies

• Authors: Mirosław Pawlak , Rebecca L. Oxford
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this concluding paper to the special issue (SI) we seek to achieve three main goals. First, based on the papers it included in the SI, other recent publications as well as our own ideas, we point to the future directions of research into language learning strategies. Second, we comment upon the methodological issues that such research inevitably has to face, stressing in particular the need to combine a macro-and micro-perspective. Third, we emphasize the pedagogical orientation of such empirical investigations and make a plea for intensive efforts on the part of specialists to find ways in which the findings of LLS research can in fact inform classroom pedagogy.

Keywords

EN

language learning strategies; future research directions; research methodology; classroom pedagogy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 525-535

Dates

published

2018-07-24

Contributors

author

Mirosław Pawlak

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz State University of Applied Science, Konin

author

Rebecca L. Oxford

• Univeristy of Maryland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ssllt.2018.8.2.15