Lydia Mitits

Monolingual EFL and Multilingual EFL/L2 Greek Learners in Greek Secondary Education

Series Editor:
Zoe Gavriilidou, Professor at Democritus University of Thrace

Research into strategies that language learners use was originally aimed at identifying what it is that they do to learn a language, followed by the studies that recognized the relationship between language learning strategy use and success in language learning (Rubin, 1975; Stern, 1975). With the development of concepts of learner-centeredness (Rogers, 1951), learner autonomy (Holec, 1980) and self-regulated language learning (Pintrich, 2000), the role of language learning strategies as a tool for successful learning and a crucial element in the learning process became even more prominent as it was noted that language learning strategies enabled learners to become more efficient in learning and using a language.

Edited by:
Gavriilidou Zoe and
Petrogiannis Konstadinos

Proof reading:
Lydia Mitits and Anna Sarafianou

The papers selected for this volume explore Language Learning Strategy (LLS) use by upper elementary and junior secondary students attending public schools in Greece. More specifically, they provide evidence of the exploratory phase of a large-scale project entitled “Adaptation of the SILL in Greek and Turkish and strategic profiling of primary and secondary school learners and teachers-S.I.L.L.G.T.", under the Thales grant scheme and within the National Strategic Reference Frame 2007-2013.