Language leaning strategies, while non-observable, consciously or

unconsciously used in some cases, give language teachers valuable clues

about how their students assess the situation, plan, select appropriate skills

to understand, learn, or remember new input presented in the classroom.

Since there has been given greater emphasis to learners and learning rather

than teachers and teaching, it is important to know how learners process

new information and what kinds of strategies they employ to understand,

learn or remember the information. It is known that some learners learn a

second language better or faster and others do not, even within the same

environment.