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Presenter
Mehran Ghafoori
PhD candidate at Islamic Azad University,  
Tehran Science and Research Campus, Iran, 

Title
A Good Bilingual Third Language Learner: Features in Strategy Use 
 
Abstract  
 
      As the SLA literature reveals, one key issue has been how some L2 learners  are more successful than other learners. In this respect, some studies assert that  possessing language learning background or experience plays a key role.  The present  study sought to investigate the degree to which an Iranian bilingual, as a good learner,  used language learning strategies in the EFL learning context. The theoretical  observation was based on Oxford's (1990) model of language learning strategies. As  the results indicated, the case learner's average strategy use was assigned as high, due  to using meta cognitive, cognitive and social strategies the most. This is a further  confirmation of some previous studies (Rivers, 2001; Swain et al., 1990; Thomas,1988, 1992) that experienced language learners (whether formally instructed or  exposed to a second language) stretch their strategy use in learning a new language  and this contributes to their relative success.