Can all students be expected to be active participants in the learning process? More often than not there is a vast group of learners who will approach this task certainly ill-equipped. The best they can be offered is the opportunity to develop positives attitudes towards the foreign language and acquire effective strategies for self-training. Thus, they can be productively initiated on the fullfilling experience of learning to learn.
Although there is not yet an agreed taxonomy to classify learning strategies, they can be grouped in the following categories:
1. Cognitive: What learners do to learn. They
involve the identification, storage and retrieval of language elements; also the identification of topic in the content of the language lesson. The learner needs to relate this content to a familiar experience. One
learners tend to have better control over their attitudes and emotions about learning, thus making learning more enjoyable. Learners develop more self-confidence, self-encouragement and self-reward through praise and reinforcement. Examples: making positive comments; praising achievements; discussing feelings with someone else; building up confidence in the usage of certain language patterns; etc.
3. Affective: They regulate emotions. Good language
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