In order to decide on the objectives for the unit on the blog “Science News for Students”, the teacher resorts to the following chart on learning strategies.
| STRATEGY | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| Set goals | Develop personal objectives for a task |
| Self-assessment | Judge how well you are doing/did on the task |
| Plan how to study | Arrange for conditions that help you learn |
| Ask if it Makes Sense | Check understanding and production to keep track of progress and identify problems |
| Selectively Attend/ scanning | Identification of specific information |
| Transfer | Use previously acquired linguistic knowledge |
| Personalize/ contextualize | Relate information to personal experiences |
| Inference | Make guesses based on previous knowledge/ use context clues |
| Ask Questions to Clarify | Ask for verification. Pose questions to self |
CHAMOT, Anna et al. The learning strategies handbook: creating independent learners. New York: Longman, 1999. Adaptado.
Apart from teaching reading in English, the teacher is also highly concerned with developing their students’ autonomy as learners. Considering that the option for the blog Science News for Students resulted from negotiation between the group and not necessarily from individual interests, the teacher will help promote their students’ autonomy if, for the work with the blog, proposes that they
