{"id":656,"date":"2018-07-19T09:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T00:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/?p=656"},"modified":"2018-10-19T05:29:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:29:33","slug":"language-strategy-use-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/language-strategy-use-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Strategy Use Inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Purposes:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To help students gain awareness of new strategies they can use in language learning<\/li>\n<li>To have students identify others who have tried similar and different strategies<\/li>\n<li>To enhance language learning (if any part of this activity is done in the target language)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/carla.umn.edu\/maxsa\/documents\/LanguageStrategyInventory_MAXSA_IG.pdf\">http:\/\/carla.umn.edu\/maxsa\/documents\/LanguageStrategyInventory_MAXSA_IG.pdf<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Short description:\u00a0<\/b>The purpose of this inventory is to find out more about yourself as a language learner and to help you discover strategies that can help you master a new language.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sample questions:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Instructions:\u00a0Check the box that describes your use of each listed strategy. The categories are: I use this strategy and like it; I have tried this strategy and would use it again; I\u2019ve never used this strategy but am interested in it; and This strategy doesn\u2019t fit for me. Please note that \u201ctarget\u201d language refers to the new language you are learning.<\/p>\n<p>Sample questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend out-of-class events where the new language is spoken (from listening strategy use)<\/li>\n<li>Pay attention to the structure of the new word (from vocabulary strategy use)<\/li>\n<li>Practice saying new expressions to myself (from speaking strategy use)<\/li>\n<li>Read as much as possible in the target language (from reading strategy use)<\/li>\n<li>Practice writing the alphabet and\/or new words in the target language (from writing strategy use)<\/li>\n<li>Plan out what to say or write in my own language and then translate it into the target language (from translation strategy use)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Paid or free:\u00a0<\/b>Free<\/p>\n<p><b>Reliability\/validity measures:\u00a0<\/b>Not available<\/p>\n<p><b>Setting:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual<\/li>\n<li>Educational\/instructional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Stakeholder(s):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students<\/li>\n<li>Any individual interested in learning a new\u00a0 language or improving their native language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Type of measurement:\u00a0<\/b>Questionnaire<\/p>\n<p><b>Possible uses:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning of a course<\/li>\n<li>Icebreaker activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ease of implementation:<\/b>\u00a0Easy. Est. 30 minutes to complete survey; 20-45 minutes for discussion (optional)<\/p>\n<p><b>Advantages:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides in-depth information<\/li>\n<li>Easy to administer and take<\/li>\n<li>PDF provides comments about the inventory, including limitations and implications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Drawbacks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lengthy<\/li>\n<li>Self-report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Studies this has been used in: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purposes: To help students gain awareness of new strategies they can use in language learning To have students identify others &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/language-strategy-use-inventory\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language","category-learning-strategies","category-questionnaire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}