Learning strategies What are learner strategies for?

Presentational Mode

Sample Activity

Strategy

Create and perform a skit about ordering in a French restaurant.

Stop for a moment to encourage yourself. Tell yourself that you can do this assignment because you have good strategies for language learning. You can use cooperating as you work with a classmate to plan the skit. You can use what you know as you remember phrases in French to talk about food, drinks, and money. You can monitor as you practice the skit to check if you can understand the lines you and your classmate write. When problems come up, you can access resources to get the help you need.

Culture: Practices/Perspectives

Sample Activity	Strategy
After listening to a dialogue about a wedding in Mexico, list the practices you learned about and talk about what this tells you Mexican culture.	As you listen to the description of the wedding, create an image of the ceremony in your mind.
Read a magazine article about Austrian sports and write a summary about what types of sports they play in Austria.	Use the headline, photo, caption, and key words to infer what the article will focus on. As you read, check to see if what you inferred matches information in the article.

Culture: Products/Perspectives

Sample Activity	Strategy
Write a description of a French work of art. Discuss why this painting was influential to French culture.	Search the Web for French works of art. Museum websites are frequently valuable sources of information about art.
Read a magazine article about current fashion trends in Paris.	Before reading, brainstorm what you already know about fashion and French fashion in particular. For example, what clothing names do you know in French? How about colors? Apply what you know to help you understand the article.