The third wind of language learning strategies research
The third wind of language learning strategies research
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语言学习策略研究的第三次风
DOI:
10.1017/s0261444822000015
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Hernandez-Gonzalez Teresa
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作者:
Thomas Nathan;Rose Heath;Cohen Andrew D.;Gao Xuesong (Andy);Sasaki Akihiko;Hernandez-Gonzalez Teresa
Organized by Nathan Thomas and Heath Rose, the symposium consisted of seven talks framed by opening remarks and further discussion by the organizers. Each selected presentation focused on pushing the field of language learning strategies in new directions: theoretically, methodologically, and/or pedagogically. Here, we concentrate on the four presentations most relevant to the theme and include the first author of each of those presentations in this report.2. What do we mean by THE THIRD WIND? THE THIRD WIND is a term we proposed for this symposium. Defining it requires a brief discussion of the history and expansion of the field more broadly. While the increasing number of studies published each year can be easily documented, charting theoretical-conceptual evolution is a more nuanced process. In a recent synthesis, Thomas et al.(2021) identified time periods that coincide with major theoretical and methodological developments in the field: the start of language learning strategy research (1975–1990); a boom in strategy research (1991–2005); and the ‘second wind’of strategy research (2006–2019), which Dörnyei and Ryan (2015) referred to as ‘a new wave of serious publications dedicated to the task of reinterpreting language learning strategies’(p. 148). As such, THE FIRST WIND can be described as approximately the first three decades of studies that began in the 1970s, often with a practical focus on what ‘good’language learners did and is distinguished by its attempts to categorize and taxonomize strategies. THE SECOND WIND, as described by Dörnyei and Ryan (2015), refers to studies taking place shortly after the turn of the century (see above). THE THIRD WIND pertains to very recent work—and future work we hope to see—that goes beyond the previous first and second wind traditions, or reinterprets them in new ways, as is discussed below. Though not an exhaustive list of themes, the third wind includes work that advances previously underexplored theoretical perspectives, challenges perpetuated notions of rigid strategy categorizations, and seeks to represent better the social influences that impact strategic behavior. Such work may be informed by, but is not limited to, complexity theory (Oxford, 2017), sociocultural (Gao &