Vol. 2 No. Special Issue (2025): Teaching Young Language Learners
Articles

Optimizing Strategy Training in Primary Education: Enhancing Learning Outcomes for Young Students

Dominika Chrobak
UKEN

Published 2025-01-28

How to Cite

Chrobak, D. (2025). Optimizing Strategy Training in Primary Education: Enhancing Learning Outcomes for Young Students. Journal of Language and Culture in Education, 2(Special Issue), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.5281/b1fk5890

Abstract

Strategy training is one of the most effective ways to enhance the process of foreign language learning. Nevertheless, it is not a particularly popular method that is employed among primary school teachers. The reason for that might lie in the inability to conduct it or simply lack of time during foreign language classes to manage such an intervention. Strategy training brings a lot of benefits, including: raising students’ awareness of the way the learn best, greater ease with connecting prior knowledge with the new information and an increase in students’ autonomy. Owing to the positive aspects of such a training, it seems to be an effective way to facilitate the process of consecutive language learning. The aim of the present paper is to propose the possible way to optimize strategy training so that it is suitable for primary school learners. The suggestions will be based on the strategy training, which was conducted over the period of two years in the primary school context.  The emphasize would be placed on the language of instruction, the choice of the model for strategy instruction, explicit or implicit character of the strategy instruction and prior language experience.

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