scholarly journals Learning English in the elderly: an analysis of motivational factors and language learning strategies

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vítor Romário Monticelli Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Strategies ◽  
Learning English

This study investigates motivational factors and language learning strategies involved in the process of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the elderly. The taxonomy of strategies developed by Oxford (1990) is adopted, as well as discussions on motivation in language learning. Twenty-five (25) elderly students participated in this research. Three instruments were administered for data collection, (i) a placement test; (ii) a background questionnaire; (iii) and a translated version of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), proposed by Oxford (1990). Results identified 11 strategies used more frequently, most of them metacognitive strategies. Results also show that learning English, travelling, and socializing are motivational factors in this group. This paper may contribute to researchers and to English teachers and elderly students by shedding some light on features of EFL learning in the elderly regarding language strategies and motivational aspects.

scholarly journals EFL Learners’ Language Learning Strategies: A Case Study at Qassim University

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mahib UR Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Learning English

Language learning strategies (LLS) play a significant part in learning a second or foreign language. These strategies support and simplify the process of language learning for students. Hence, this study endeavors to investigate LLS applied by students at the Department of English Language and Translation, Qassim University in learning English language as a foreign language. The present study applied “Strategy Inventory for Language Learning” (SILL), which was established by Oxford (1990) to collect data. 30 students from level four took part voluntarily, and later data was analyzed to provide means, distribution of frequencies, standard deviation, percentages, and total scores of data set. The study discloses that EFL students were accustomed to the whole six LLS groups. Moreover, the study also reveals that some students used more LLS than other students, although the difference was significant across all students. These LLS groups are; “compensation, social strategies, affective, cognitive, metacognitive, and memory with a medium level of frequency use for over-all strategies (M = 3.49)”. The most repeatedly applied strategies by students of level four from these six strategies are as follows from the top “metacognitive, compensation, social, memory, cognitive, and affective strategies”. The findings would help teachers and students to be aware of LLS while in teaching and learning English as a foreign language.

TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS IN POLAND

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Ivashko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third

The article tackles the problem of teaching foreign languages to seniors. The general trends in FL education for the third-age learners are outlined. The institutions in which seniors can study foreign languages in Poland are enumerated. The psychological, physiological, methodological and social peculiarities of teaching a foreign language to the third agers are analyzed. Special emphasis is laid upon educational needs of the Third Age learners. Some language learning strategies which help seniors’ foreign language learning are suggested.

Investigating education students’ language learning beliefs and motivation for learning English

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-121
Author(s):  
PraysGod Mhlongo ◽  
Colleen Du Plessis ◽  
Albert Weideman
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Intermediate Phase ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Beliefs ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Language Learning Beliefs ◽  
Learning English

Institutions responsible for the training of educators have a duty to ensure that students develop adequate mastery of subject content and pedagogy. This paper investigates the language learning beliefs (LLBs) of pre-service Foundation and Intermediate Phase  educators and their alignment with language learning principles from applied linguistics research on second language acquisition (SLA). The study also examines the students’ motives for learning English since motivation plays a part in sustaining language learning. Gardner’s socio-educational model and Dörnyei’s L2 motivational self system are used as theoretical frameworks in addition to the work of scholars such as Horwitz, Griffiths, and Weideman and Lepota on language learning strategies and beliefs. The results of a  cross-sectional survey using the Beliefs About Language Learning and Motivation Inventory Modified (BALLMI-M) are analysed. The findings show that students are highly motivated to master English but do not wish to integrate with the English speech community. Furthermore, they lack understanding about the nature of language skills and have conflicting LLBs that should be addressed in futureamendments to the language curriculum. Keywords: language learning motivation, additional language teaching, literacy levels of Education students, language learning beliefs, language learning strategies 

scholarly journals Language Learning Strategies, Motivation, and Writing Achievement of Indonesian EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Mutiatun Nasihah ◽  
Bambang Yudi Cahyono
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Big City ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Writing Tests

This study aims at investigating the correlation between language learning strategies (LLSs) and writing achievement, the correlation between motivation and writing achievement, and the correlation between LLSs combined with motivation and writing achievement. It involved one-hundred English as a foreign language (EFL) students of a senior high school which is located in a big city in Indonesia. The students were selected randomly to be the participants of this study. The data were collected by using the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) questionnaire, motivation questionnaire, and writing tests. The results of research revealed that the null hypotheses for the three correlational analyses were rejected. In other words, there is a significant correlation between LLSs and writing achievement; there is a significant correlation between motivation and writing achievement; and there is a significant correlation between LLSs combined with motivation and writing achievement. Theoretically, this study supports the important roles of LLSs and motivation, either separately or combined, in predicting writing achievement. Pedagogically, when teaching writing, EFL teachers are recommended to introduce the potential of LLSs to EFL students, arouse the students’ motivation to write, or to apply both of them simultaneously to boost EFL students’ writing achievement.

scholarly journals The use of Self-regulated Language Learning Strategies Among Vietnamese English-majored Freshmen: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Quoc Thao ◽  
Nguyen Chau Hoang Long
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners

Self-regulation of learning plays a vital role in improving second/foreign language learning as it can encourage the development of autonomous learners. It is seen that, nevertheless, ESL/EFL learners in different contexts are not fully aware of the importance of self-regulated language learning (SRLL) strategies in their English language learning. The present study, therefore, aims at investigating the use of SRLL strategies by English-majored students at a university in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. This study involved 100 English-majored freshmen in answering a closed-ended questionnaire. The results showed that students sometimes used SRLL strategies, and they used SRLL strategies for keeping and monitoring records and seeking social assistance more often than for other purposes. The findings imply that students lacked knowledge of how to use SRLL strategies and get engaged in using SRLL strategies. This study recommends that students’ awareness of SRLL strategies should be seriously taken into account in order to facilitate their learner autonomy.

scholarly journals Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğretimi ile İlgili Hazırlanan Tezlerde Geçen Anahtar Kelimelere Yönelik İçerik Analizi / Content Analysis of the Keywords in the Dissertations on Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 442
Author(s):  
Serhat Küçük ◽  
Elif Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Student Autonomy ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
Basic Language ◽  
Teacher Competences

<p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p>The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of usage of the keywords in Master’s and PhD dissertations prepared between 2010-2017 in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language. The sample of the study are 223 dissertations including 178 master’s and 45 PhD in total, which are open access in YÖK national dissertation database center and were written between the years 2010-2017. In this study, document analysis method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used. As a result of the research, it was concluded that in a total of 39 dissertations, including 36 master’s and 3 PhD, there were no keywords. In the dissertations left, the 102 different keywords were determined. Depending on these different keywords the 13 different subjects in general were determined. These subjects adress the vocabulary, grammar, culture, idioms and proverbs, basic language skills, Common European Framework References for Languages, motivation-anxiety-adaptation, language learning strategies, textbooks, material-play-activity, assessment-evaluation, teacher competences, student autonomy, methods and techniques, Turkish in Turkey and in the world. All keywords mentioned in dissertations were re-coded according to their subjects. The keywords in the dissertations related to basic language skills were coded and provided additionally. The findings shown in the tables and graphs in the study. However, the references of 223 master’s and PhD dissertations were not given in the end of the study in order not to busy too much place in the bibliography of the study.</p><p><strong>Öz</strong></p><p>Bu araştırmanın amacı, yabancı dil olarak Türkçe öğretimi alanıyla ilgili 2010-2017 yılları arasında hazırlanmış yüksek lisans ve doktora tezlerindeki anahtar kelimeleri kullanım sıklıklarına göre belirlemektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini, YÖK Tez Merkezinde erişime açık ve 2010-2017 yılları arasında yapılmış olan 178 yüksek lisans ile 45 doktora olmak üzere toplam 223 âdet tez oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda; 36 yüksek lisans ve 3 doktora tezi olmak üzere toplam 39 tezde anahtar kelimenin kullanılmadığı görülmüştür. Tezlerde 102 farklı anahtar kelime tespit edilmiştir.  Anahtar kelimelerden hareket ederek 'Söz varlığı, dil bilgisi, kültür, deyim ve atasözleri, temel dil becerileri, Avrupa Ortak Çerçeve Programı, motivasyon-kaygı-uyum, dil öğrenme stratejileri, ders kitapları, materyal-oyun-etkinlik, ölçme-değerlendirme, öğretmen yeterlikleri, öğrenci özerkliği, yöntem-teknik, Dünya’da ve Türkiye'de Türkçe’ olmak üzere 13 farklı genel konu alanı belirlenmiştir. Tezlerde geçen tüm anahtar kelimeler, konu alanına göre tekrar kodlanarak bütün bir şekilde gösterilmeye çalışılmıştır. Temel dil becerileriyle ilgili yapılan tez çalışmalarında kullanılan anahtar kelimeler ise ayrıca gösterilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular tablo ve grafiklerle de gösterilmiştir. Ayrıca 223 âdet yüksek lisans ve doktora tezinin açık künyesi, çalışmanın kaynakçasında fazla yer tutmaması için verilmemiştir.</p>

scholarly journals Influence of Language Learning Strategies on Willingness to Communicate in Chinese Among Students With High and Low Anxiety

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Li Munchen ◽  
Fazilah Razali ◽  
Nurazidawati Mohamad Arsad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Speaking Anxiety

Abstract: With the global expansion of China's economy, Chinese has established itself as a major language. Since then, higher education students' desire to learn Chinese has increased dramatically. However, strategies for foreign language learning and students' anxiety both play a key role in students' ability to communicate in Chinese. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the influence of language learning strategies (LLS), particularly those associated with different levels of anxiety, on students' willingness to communicate (WTC) in Chinese. Using a quantitative research design, a questionnaire assessing students' WTC, LLS and a speaking anxiety scale was distributed to 130 students enrolled in Mandarin as a foreign language course at MARA professional college in the Eastern region of peninsular Malaysia. The study gathered data from 66 low- and 64 high-anxiety students using the speaking anxiety scale. The findings demonstrated a significant correlation between LLS and WTC among both groups of students. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the best predictors of students' WTC. It was discovered that indirect LLS were the best predictors for students with low-level anxiety, whereas direct and indirect LLS were both good predictors for students with high-level anxiety. This research reveals that in order to improve students' ability to communicate, educators must emphasise a variety of different learning strategies, depending on the speaking anxiety level of their students.   Keywords: Chinese Language, Foreign Language, Learning Language Strategies, Speaking Anxiety, Willingness to Communicate.

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