This paper summarizes some of the literature available on language learning strategies and what a good language learner is thought to be. The study then reports on the case of a native English speaker learning French as her second foreign language in order to ascertain 1) what language learning strategies, if any, are being used for overcoming a particular problem. 2) whether the learner\u27s strategies use matches the profile of a “good language learner." Rebecca Oxford\u27s (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and an interview were used to collect data. Results from the data collected showed that while she did employ many strategies such as risk-taking, attending to form and meaning, she was under-using strategies related to management of emotions such as frustration
