Reflections on marilee sprenger's seven steps : seven strategies for maximum learning

Abstract EN

Teaching and learning are inextricably linked cognitive process.

Since the beginning of the 20 century, professionals and scholars in language teaching have strived for ways that could guarantee better outcomes in foreign language teaching classes.

In their quest for better achievements, teachers, educators, and other involved parties moved beyond the age of traditional and archaic methods to effective and creative teaching practices.

The present study focuses on highlighting the extent to which teachers as agents of change incorporate innovative strategies for success in the in an age of the21stcentury's fast-changing globalized society who can teach effectively in diverse classrooms.

Furthermore, this paper explores clear-cut strategies that aim to transform students from passive recipient's of knowledge to active players, highly engaged and autonomous learners in their learning progress.

A significant relationship exists between the seven strategies is interweaving all the threads of the process from motivation, memory, feedback, assessment and instructional practices.

Substantially, this article deals with the impact of the seven teaching strategies that teachers learnt new things while teaching; the teachers learnt from their own experiences as learners and as teachers; and the teachers developed their teaching skills and continuously improved their knowledge which in return results in improving students achievement.