Sara Cotterall : Biography
Sara Cotterall has been working in language education since 1980. She began her career teaching English in Europe, then worked in Australia and China before taking up a position at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) New Zealand, where she worked for 18 years. At VUW she was involved in language teacher education, academic writing and English for Academic Purposes programmes. Since April 2005 Sara has been teaching courses in Speech Communication and Independent Language Learning at Akita International University in Japan. Her research interest is in learner autonomy as a means of promoting effective language learning.
Learner
Strategies: The How of Language Learning
Sara Cotterall, Akita International University
In order
to succeed in learning a language, learners need to know how to learn effectively.
The challenge for language teachers is to raise learners' awareness of their
strategies and expand their strategic repertoire, without diverting attention
from language practice. This presentation will suggest three ways in which
language teachers can integrate learner strategies in their teaching. The
presenter will illustrate her talk with examples of activities she has developed
and trialed with university learners of English in Japan.