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Ch. 1 introduces terminology and provides numerous activities that teachers can use to help learners become acquainted with strategies. Ch. 2 deals with direct strategies -- memory, cognitive, and compensation strategies (e.g., guessing intelligently), and the following chapter applies these direct strategies to the four language skills. Ch. 3 demonstrates how to apply the direct strategies to the language skills. Ch. 4 deals with indirect strategies for general management of learning (metacognitive, affective, social), and the following chapter applies these to the skills. Ch. 6 concerns language learning strategy assessment and training -- with presentation of different means of data collection and then approaches to strategy training. Ch. 7 describes programs around the world dealing which include learner training.