ABSTRACT
This chapter provides working definitions of L2 learning and use terminology, considered problematic issues relating to the conceptualization and use of these terms, and briefly demonstrated ways that strategies-based instruction has dealt with these issues in the field. It also continues with a discussion of how language strategies can be linked to learning style preferences. Attention also needs to be given to the issue of how to refer to the language being learned: as the second language (L2), the foreign language (FL), or the target language (LT). Technically speaking, learning a second language means that the language being learned is that which is spoken in the community where the language learning is taking place, while a foreign language is not spoken in the local community. The chapter ends with a brief focuses on motivation, role in strategy use, the differential effect of tasks on strategy use, and the influence of the learner's immediate living and work context on strategy choice.
