This document discusses strategies for teaching English and strategies students can use for learning. It defines key terms like cognitive strategies, cues, and metacognition. It explains the basic steps teachers should follow in teaching strategies: describing the strategy, modeling it, providing practice, promoting self-monitoring, and encouraging continued use. However, it notes that strategy instruction is not widely practiced in classrooms currently. It provides examples of strategies students can use like making inferences, asking questions, and using context clues.