How to understand learning strategies to become a FFL teacher

The impact of learning strategies on foreign language acquisition has been emphasized for a long time. The notion of learning strategies is present in most of university programs which train students to teach French as a foreign language. At the University of Lille 3 we invite students to think about this concept and ask them to learn a foreign language so they can observe how they learn it and how their teacher teaches them. Our students record their observations and conclusions in a 10-page report. Analysis of their feedback shows the pertinence of a reflective perspective into the learner's mind in order to create teaching practices which take learners' strategies into account.