Leanguge Dectives
A student uses different colors to emphasize important points in a text. What cognitive strategy is being used?
Highlighting (colores para resaltar información importante).
A student writes down information exactly as they hear it while listening to a class. What strategy is this?
Taking Notes (tomar notas de la información escuchada).
A student underlines important words in a reading. What strategy is being used?
Highlighting (subrayar información importante).
A student uses stars, boxes, and circles to mark the most important information in a text. What strategy is this?
Highlighting (stars, boxes and circles).
A student puts pictures of events in the same order in which they happen in a story. What strategy is being used?
Summarizing (ordenar imágenes para representar la historia).
Dwight hears the expression “weekend” in French. He knows it has the same meaning as in English. What strategy is he using?
Transferring (Dwight — weekend).
A student reads a long text and gives it a short title that represents the main idea. What strategy is being used?
Summarizing (poner un título que represente la idea principal).
A student writes a shopping list with only the information they need to remember. What strategy is being used?
Taking Notes (shopping-list format).
A student organizes information with a main idea, categories, and details. What strategy is being used?
Taking Notes (organización de notas).
Stanley notices that the German word “Katze” sounds similar to the English word “cat.” What strategy is Stanley using?
Analyzing Contrastively (Stanley — Katze / cat).
David sees the French word “parapluie.” He understands its meaning by breaking it into “para” and “pluie.” What strategy is David using?
Analyzing Expressions (David — parapluie).
Martina hears “premeditated crime.” She does not understand it, so she separates it into “pre-,” “meditate,” and “crime.” What strategy is she using?
Analyzing Expressions (Martina — premeditated crime).
Miko knows that English plurals usually use “-s” or “-es.” He says “house/houses,” but he also says “mouse/mouses.” What strategy is Miko applying?
Reasoning Deductively (Miko — house/houses, mouse/mouses).
Billie hears a Russian sentence and mentally changes it into English to understand its meaning. What strategy is Billie using?
Translating (Billie — traducción del ruso al inglés).
Herb hears “Du hast Recht.” A direct translation does not help him understand the expression, but he discovers that it means “You’re right.” What strategy is involved?
Translating (Herb — Du hast Recht).
Julio hears: “Would you like to go to the library with me at five o’clock?” He uses the word order and structure he already knows to understand that it is a question. What strategy is he using?
Reasoning Deductively (Julio).
Luis understands the English word “cream” because he compares it with French “crème” and Spanish “crema.” What strategy is Luis using?
Analyzing Contrastively (Luis — cream / crème / crema).
Elton sees “beau-frère” and “belle-soeur.” He first translates them literally as “handsome brother” and “beautiful sister,” but later learns that they mean “brother-in-law” and “sister-in-law.” What strategy is involved?
Translating (Elton — beau-frère / belle-soeur).
Roberta sees the Russian name “Elisavyeta Ivanovna.” She knows that “-ovna” gives her information about the person's family relationship, so she uses this rule to understand the name. What strategy is she using?
Reasoning Deductively (Roberta — Ivanovna).
Lauren encounters “il y a” and tries to understand how it corresponds to an English expression. Amado also changes “No comprendo” into English as “No understand.” What strategy are they both using?
Translating (Lauren + Amado).
Richard says “¡Estoy embarazada!” when he wants to apologize for a mistake. He later discovers that the expression does not have the meaning he expected. What strategy helps him notice the difference between the languages?
Analyzing Contrastively (Richard).
Fritz says “Donald always fools so much around” because he transfers a German language pattern into English. Jana also creates “possiblement” from English “possibly” because she transfers a pattern from one language to another. What strategy are they both using?
Transferring (Fritz + Jana).
Lillian notices that some French and English words look similar but have different meanings. Rita also compares “sister,” “syestra,” “Schwester,” and “soeur” to identify similarities and differences between languages. What strategy are they using?
Analyzing Contrastively (Lillian + Rita).
Roberta uses a known language rule to understand a new form. Marcie also uses what she knows about French word order to compare “Je vais bientôt partir” and “Je pars bientôt.” What strategy connects both situations?
Reasoning Deductively (Roberta + Marcie).
Marianne notices how articles are used before nouns. Lugo creates “bringed” and “goed” by applying a regular past-tense rule. Mario says “Who can Angela sees?” because he applies the third-person rule incorrectly. What cognitive strategy connects these situations?
Reasoning Deductively (Marianne + Lugo + Mario).