Learning Strategies in L2 Settings in Saudi Arabia: An Annotated Bibliography

Teaching English as a second/foreign language has gained increasing significance all over the world. Investigating learning strategies has become one of the major areas of research in the expanding field of L2 acquisition. Many researchers have addressed various aspects and different issues related to this field. This annotated bibliography is designed to be of help to researchers working on learning strategies in second/foreign language settings and to provide language teachers with a solid theoretical and pedagogical background based on data of many types from different angles to enhance their teaching. The current work is by no means exhaustive, but an attempt to give an overview of the field and highlights published studies written on a variety of topics related to learning strategies in the context of teaching English as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia. Works listed in this annotated bibliography are divided into two categories; journal articles and dissertations and theses. Studies in each category are arranged alphabetically by author and for each work there is a brief non-evaluative synopsis of the study objectives, instrument(s) of data collection, and results.