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Preparing Teachers for

Styles -and strategiesBased instruction

Irene Martn Soriano

Postgraduate Degree in teaching English as a third Language
Subject: Factors estratgics en laprenentatge de llenges
Teacher: Nria Hernndez

LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

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LEARNING STYLES
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SUMMARY
Paper structure

LANGUAGE LEARNER STRATEGIES

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SSBI

ALL OF THEM BASED ON EXAMPLES

THAT SUSTAIN THE THEORETICAL
FRAME

MAIN GOAL

HAVING VIEWS OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS

STYLES AND STRATEGIES BASED INSTRUCTION AS
A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL
PROCESS OF THE LANGUAGE TEACHING AND

LEARNING

LANGUAGE TEACHER
EDUCATION
The teacher

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

Needs to motivate her/his students transmiting

them his/her passion for the target

In recent years, theyve been paying attention

to the learning processes of their students in
order to:
Develop their
awarness of
their own
preferred
learning
styles

Determine
the nature of
their current
language
learning and
language use
strategy
repertoire

Complement
their
strategies
with more
strategies that
could benifit
them

LEARNING STYLES
The students have several preferences for
approaching learning
VISUAL

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

EXTROVERTED

HEARING

INTROVERTED

HANDS ON

ABSTRACT AND
INTUITIVE

LEARNING STYLES
The students have several preferences for
approaching learning
CONCRETE

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

KEEP ALL THE OPTIONS OPEN

BEING CLOSURE-ORIENTED

GLOBAL

LEARNING STYLES
The students have several preferences for
approaching learning
PARTICULAR

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

ANALYTIC

SYNTHESIZING

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According with each
LEARNING STYLES
there are several
LANGUAGE LEARNER
1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

STRAGEGIES
used

LANGUAGE LEARNER
STRATEGIES
The students use them to improvingin the L2
learning process
STRATEGIES ARE OREDERED BY
FUNCTION

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

PURPOSE

SKILL AREA

PROFICIENCY
LEVELS

LEARNIGN
STRATEGIES

METACOGNITIVE

LISTENING/
SPEAKING

BEGINNING

USE STRATEGIES

COGNITIVE

READING/WRITING

INTERMEDIATE

AFFECTIVE

VOCABULARY
LEARNING

ADVANCED

SOCIAL

TRANSLATION
STRATEGIES

LANGUAGE LEARNER
STRATEGIES
The students use them to improvingin the L2
learning process
STRATEGIES ARE CLASSIFIED BY

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

CULTURE

LANGUAGE
SPECIFICS
SUPPORTS TO
LANGUAGE

AGE

REALTIONSHIP BETWEEN
LEARNING STYLE AND LEARNER
STRATEGIES

Language
learning
1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between
learning style
and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

Style
preferences

Use of
strategies
the students
select

ACCOMPLISHMENT THE
L2 TASKS

THE SSBI (STYLES AND STRATEGIES BASED INSTRUCTION)

TEACHERS MANUAL
It has scripted lessons for use by teachers to
develop styles and strategies based instruction
Its a manual which cointains theoretical
background with practical suggestions
GOAL: To help the students become more effective,
efficient and responsible as a L2 learners

1.

Language
teachers
education

2.

Learning styles

3.

Language
learners
strategies

4.

Relatioship
between learning
style and learner
strategies

5.

SSBI

At the same time the SSBI is divided in three specific blocs

A SELF-ACCES
MANUAL FOR
STUDENTS

AN INSTRUCTORS
MANUAL

A PROGRAM
ADVISORS MANUAL

CONCLUSIONS
1. As a teacher we have to show our students all kind
of strategies in order to offer them the better one
which fits with their learning style.
2. Even the strategies are classified under different
names, the important thing the content of that one.
3. Under my opinion is important to follow the SSBI
once a year, at least as a guide. The teacher will be
informed about how she/he can teach the some
strategies to her/his students.

Strategies are not inherently good or bad

but rather may be appropriate or
inappropriate for a given learner at a
particular instant
Cohen, 2001