Language Learning Strategy Research: Where do we go from here?

Journal article

Language learning strategy (LLS) research has been on the decline since the mid-1990s, when there was a boom in strategy research. This decline is, in part, due to growing criticisms of categorizations of learning strategies (Dörnyei, 2005), the data collection instruments used (Dörnyei, 2005; Woodrow, 2005), and contradictory and questionable results (Hadwin and Winne, 1996). In more recent years some research has been conducted under the umbrella of terms such as strategic learningand selfregulation, which aim to distance themselves from the past problems of LLS research. This article uses a recent study ofstrategic learning to illustrate how strategy research can be conducted in the current academic environment. The study shows that research frameworks need to be context-specific rather than generalized across languages and learning tasks. The study also illustrates the usefulness of qualitative data collection instruments over previously and widely applied questionnaires.

Authors: Rose, H

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Kanda University of International Studies
• Journal: Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 137-148
• Publication date: 2012-03-01
• Acceptance date: 2012-01-01
• ISSN: 2185-3762
• Keywords: self-regulation; language learning strategies; strategic learning