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STRATEGY
DESCRIPTION
METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES
Before beginning a task:
-Set goals.
-Plan the task or content sequence.
Plan / Organize
-Preview a text.
While working on a task:
-Check your progress on the task.
-Check your comprehension as you
use the language. Do you
understand? If not, what is the
problem?
Monitor / Identify
Problems
Check
Evaluate
CALLA Content and Language Learning Strategies 2006 Anna Uhl Chamot 2
DESCRIPTION
TASK-BASED STRATEGIES
Use Background
Knowledge
Make Inferences
Use Clues
Make Predictions
Personalize
Me
CALLA Content and Language Learning Strategies 2006 Anna Uhl Chamot 3
DESCRIPTION
TASK-BASED STRATEGIES
-Apply your linguistic knowledge of
other languages (including your
native language) to the target
language.
Transfer / Use
Cognates
Coffee/Caf
-Recognize cognates.
Substitute /
Paraphrase
Make it work
Use Images
Use Sounds
-Sound out/vocalize.
Sound Out
CALLA Content and Language Learning Strategies 2006 Anna Uhl Chamot 4
DESCRIPTION
TASK-BASED STRATEGIES
--Act out a role, for example, in
Readers Theater, or imagine
yourself in different roles in the
target language.
Use Your
Kinesthetic Sense
Find/Apply Patterns
-Identify
(genre).
abacus
patterns
in
Classify/Sequence
literature
or
things;
ideas
identify
CALLA Content and Language Learning Strategies 2006 Anna Uhl Chamot 5
DESCRIPTION
TASK-BASED STRATEGIES
-Write down important words and
ideas while listening or reading.
Take Notes
Use Graphic
Organizers
A Venn diagram
Summarize
Main Idea
Use Selective
Attention
Focus
CALLA Content and Language Learning Strategies 2006 Anna Uhl Chamot 6
DESCRIPTION
TASK-BASED STRATEGIES
Access Information
Sources
use
sources
of
-Follow a model
Look it up!
-Ask questions
Cooperate
Together
Talk Yourself
Through It
(Self-Talk)