Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: WHY IS CULTURE IMPORTANT FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES? -- PART I: WHAT DOES STRATEGY ASSESSMENT TELL US IN VARIOUS CULTURES AND LANGUAGES? -- CHAPTER 1 INCREASING METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS IN THE L2 CLASSROOM BY USING THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOLS AND OTHER VERBAL REPORT FORMATS -- CHAPTER 2 TELLING THEIR STORIES: LANGUAGE STUDENTS USE DIARIES AND RECOLLECTION -- CHAPTER 3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND ISRAELI VERSUS RUSSIAN CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL FACTORS -- CHAPTER 4 CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES -- CHAPTER 5 LEARNING STRATEGIES AND OTHER PREDICTORS OF ESL PROFICIENCY AMONG AFRIKAANS SPEAKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- CHAPTER 6 THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND MOTIVATION ON EFL LEARNING STRATEGY USE IN JORDAN -- CHAPTER 7 A SYNTHESIS OF APPROACHES TO ASSESSING LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES -- PART II: HOW CAN WE IMPROVE STRATEGY USE AROUND THE WORLD? -- CHAPTER 8 THE CONCEPTUAL SHIFT TO LEARNER-CENTERED CLASSROOMS: INCREASING TEACHER AND STUDENT STRATEGIC AWARENESS -- CHAPTER 9 HOW PRINT MATERIALS PROVIDE STRATEGY INSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER 10 UNOBTRUSIVE COMPUTERIZED OBSERVATION OF COMPENSATION STRATEGIES FOR WRITING TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRATEGY INSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER 11 USING MULTIMEDIA FOR LEARNER STRATEGY INSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER 12 UNIVERSITY-LEVEL STUDIES USING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE SPEAKING ABILITY IN EGYPT AND JAPAN -- CHAPTER 13 IMPLEMENTING THE COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH (CALLA) -- CHAPTER 14 METHODS FOR TEACHING LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM -- CHAPTER 15 THE FORESEE APPROACH FOR ESL STRATEGY INSTRUCTION IN AN ACADEMIC-PROFICIENCY CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 16 EFFECTIVE AWARENESS-RAISING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER 17 A TWO-PHASE STUDY INVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING AND STRATEGY USE FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- CHAPTER 18 A SYNTHESIS OF STRATEGY INSTRUCTION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- AFTERWORD WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AROUND THE WORLD? -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND HOW TO CONTACT THEM