Strategy Role Flexibility, Denial of Dualisms, and Metastrategies in Context

Chapter 4 is a caution against rigidity and an invitation to creative thought. The first part concerns the flexibility of strategies, which for so many years have been pushed into stonehard categories. The second part respectfully denies the dualism of language learning versus language use that has dominated much of the strategy conversation in the L2 field, but which has not been seriously considered elsewhere. The third part presents metastrategies, such as paying attention, planning, and evaluating, which guide the use of all strategies and foster learning in broad ways.