Improving Language Learning Strategies and Performance of Pre-Service Language Teachers Through a CALLA-TBLT Model
This paper reports an action-research study on language learning strategies in tertiary education at a Colombian university. The study aimed at improving the English language performance and language learning strategies use of 33 first-year pre-service language teachers by combining elements from tw...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/57581 |
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| Summary: | This paper reports an action-research study on language learning strategies in tertiary education at a Colombian university. The study aimed at improving the English language performance and language learning strategies use of 33 first-year pre-service language teachers by combining elements from two models: the cognitive academic language learning approach and task-based language teaching. Data were gathered through surveys, a focus group, students’ and teachers’ journals, language tests, and documentary analysis. Results evidenced that the students improved in speaking, writing, grammar, vocabulary and in their language learning strategies repertoire. As a conclusion, explicit strategy instruction in the proposed model resulted in a proper combination to improve learners’ language learning strategies and performance. |
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| ISSN: | 1657-0790 |