Based on a survey of the status quo of the descriptive and interventionist study of strategies of foreign learners of Chinese, the author of this paper proposes that a criterion and system be set up for classification of learning strategies and distinction between generic and specific strategies be made. He further suggests that quantitative and statistical methods should be employed in the research of learners’ strategies. The paper also probes into ways to cultivate students’ learning strategies and outlines the steps of study of learners’ strategies.
