Describes an alternate view of language learning strategies that limits their application to those behaviors that are intentional and freely chosen. A model is presented that postulates that for strategies to be used, students must be aware of one or more appropriate strategies, have reason to use them, have no impediments to their use, and should…

Used variables from social-psychological model proposing that language-learning strategy use depends on knowledge of appropriate strategies, having reason to use them, and having nothing to prevent their use, to predict frequency of use for 50 language-learning strategies. Results showed the model accounted for 60% of variance of strategy use and…