ABSTRACT
Section I encompasses Chapters 1–4. It outlines the conceptual foundation for language learning strategies and for the rest of the book. Chapter 1 presents the Strategic Self-Regulation (S2R) Model of language learning by offering definitions, terminology, key features, the role of the learner, the differences between strategies and metastrategies, the nature of “metaknowledge,” flexible use of strategies for different purposes, and task-phases in the model. Chapter 1 also explains the role of mediated learning, the value of deep processing strategies, the double utility of strategies for ordinary learning and for severe problems, the role of tactics, the relationship between learning styles and learning strategies, and nine ways in which the S2R Model differs from other models of learning strategies.
