OXFORD'S STRATEGY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

CENTERING YOUR LEARNING

1. Overview and linking with already known materials

2. Paying attention

3. Delaying speech production to focus on listening

ARRANGING AND PLANNING YOUR LEARNING

1. Finding out about language learning

2. Organizing

3. Setting goals and objectives

4. Identifying the purpose of a language task ( purposeful listening/reading/speaking/writing)

5. Planning for a language task

6. Seeking practice opportunities

EVALUATING YOUR LEARNING

1. Self-monitoring

2. Self-evaluating

LOWERING YOUR ANXIETY

1. Using your progressive relaxation, deep-breathing, or meditation.

2. Using music

3. Using laughter

ENCOURAGING YOURSELF

1. Making positive statements

2. Taking risks wisely

3. Rewarding yourself

TAKING YOUR EMOTIONAL TEMPERATURE

Listening to your body

2. Using a checklist

3. Writing a language learning diary

4. Discussing your feelings with someone else

A. PRACTICING

1. Repeating

2. Formally practicing with sounds and writing system

3. Recognziing and using formulas and patterns.

4. Recombining

5. Practicing naturalistically

B. RECEIVING AND SENDING MESSAGES

1. Getting the idea quickly.

2. Using resources for receiving and sending messages.

C. ANALYZING AND REASONING

1. Reasoning deductively

2. Analyzing expressions

3. Analyzing contrastively (across languages)

4. Translating

5. Transferring

D. CREATING STRUCTURE FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT

1. Taking notes

2. Summarizing

3. Highlighting