Un aperçu des stratégies de l'apprentissage

Abstract

This review of Paul Cyr's book is a learner-centered approach to teaching French as second language. The author presents the evolution of linguistic and pedagogical approaches, emphasizing the learner-centered communicative approach, which main trade is awareness of the fact that a language is both a system whose mechanisms are to be discovered and a communication tool. The definitions and classifications of learning strategies devised by three authors are discussed: Oxford, Rubin, O'Malley and Chamot. The choice of strategy can depend on learner's personality, his/her biography, his/her mother tongue, situational, affective or personal factors. It is advisable to teach students how to learn a foreign language, namely to have a realistic idea of the cognitive efforts the student makes when learning a foreign language.