Journal Articles
Is strategic competence teachable?
- Is strategic competence teachable?
- The Journal of Asia TEFL, 2(4), 87-122, 2005
- 2005
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Secondary Education
- Research into the teaching and learning of speaking in the ESL context is relatively neglected. There have been only a few studies that addressed the need to incorporate the development of strategic competence into the L2 oral classroom (e.g., Cohen, 1998; Dornyei, 1995; Konishi & Tarone, 2004). This paper will report findings from a strategy interventionist study conducted in the secondary English oral classroom in Hong Kong. Based on a psycholinguistic model of speech processing, eight strategies were identified and introduced to the treatment class in the study. A data collection method comprising stimulated recall interviews and observations that aimed to investigate respectively the learning process (i.e., covert thoughts) and the learning product (i.e., overt speech) was employed. A comparison of the findings between the treatment class and the control class which was not exposed to any strategies-based instruction supports the view that not all strategies are equal and that some are more teachable than the others. Specifically, 'Resourcing' seems to function as a 'bedrock strategy' for young L2 speakers. Possible implications for strategy instruction are made with a view to enhancing the development of strategic competence in the L2 classroom.[Copyright © 2005 The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 17383102
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/25a5f21d
- 2015-03-26
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