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Life-Long Learning Highways: Building a Strong Construction
Life-Long Learning Highways: Building a Strong Construction

Author(s): Lenka Fišerová
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: learning styles; learning strategies; life-long language acquisition; meta-cognition; self-regulation in ESL/EFL

Summary/Abstract: By serving a digestible menu with seemingly abstract items the article focuses on the below mentioned factors necessary for life-long acquisition of language. It specifies and exemplifies the terms learning styles, learning strategies and self-regulation and underlines the necessity of their development during language courses. Practical advice on their implementation both in electronic and non-electronic learning environments bridges the gap between theoretical background and practice. Teachers are provided with extensive portfolio of activities supporting development of the above factors so as they can support learners´ life-long language acquisition properly.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 379-385
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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