The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Learning Strategies among Iranian EFL Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 952
Author(s):  
Laleh Taheri ◽  
Esmaeil Jadidi
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Personal Skill

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL learners' emotional intelligence and their use of learning strategies. In so doing, one hundred English advanced learners of Iran Language Institute (ILI) at Shiraz branch (30 males and 70 females) were selected to participate in this study. The Bar-On (1980) Emotional Quotient Inventory questionnaire (EQ-I), and the Strategy Inventory for language Learning (SILL) (Oxford, 1990) were administered to determine the significance of the relationship between emotional intelligence and learning strategies. The results of correlation showed that there were positive significant relationships between some components of the two variables. The intra personal skill had positive correlations with memory strategies (r=.000, p<.05), cognitive strategies(r=.000, p<.05), metacognitive strategies(r=.006, p<.05), and social strategies(r=.02, p<.05).which showed that learners with intra personal skill use different learning strategies. There were also a positive correlation between social strategies with adaptability (r=.009, p<.05), and stress management (r=.004, p<.05). A positive correlation was also seen between memory strategies and stress management (r=.04, p<.05). The results of this study clearly depicts that among the emotional intelligence variables, intra personal skill got the highest relationship with components of learning strategies. This study has some pedagogical implications for researchers, teachers, policy makers, and educators.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners’ Use and Preferences of Language Learning Strategies and Their Meta-Knowledge and Tasks of Pragmatic Competence

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Khadijeh Najafi ◽  
Firooz Sadighi ◽  
Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri ◽  
Lotfollah Yarmohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Pragmatic Competence ◽  
Fars Province ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between Iranian EFL learners’ use and preferences of language learning strategies and their meta-knowledge and the tasks of pragmatic competence. Quick Oxford Placement Test, version 2 (2004) was administered and 120 upper-intermediate EFL university students majoring in English translation and TEFL were recruited from the available branches of the Islamic Azad University, Fars province. Likewise, a questionnaire entitled Iranian EFL learners’ meta-knowledge and pragmatic tasks (2016) was used to explore EFL learners’ meta-knowledge and tasks of pragmatic competence and the mean score was calculated. Then, Oxford Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (1990) was used to analyze EFL learners’ use and preferences of language learning strategies and the mean score was calculated. Also, to examine any possible relationship between EFL learners’ use and preferences of language learning strategies and their meta-knowledge and pragmatic tasks, some correlations were run. The results of data analyses showed that Iranian EFL learners were moderate in meta-knowledge and tasks of pragmatic competence and in their use of language learning strategies in general. More detailed analyses of the data ranked the order of the applications of the strategies as: social strategies, meta-cognitive strategies, cognitive strategies, memory strategies, compensation strategies and affective strategies from the most to the least frequent strategies applied by the participants of the study. There was a significant medium positive relationship between meta-knowledge and tasks of pragmatic competence and meta-cognitive strategy. However, there were slight but significant positive relationships between meta-knowledge and tasks of pragmatic competence and compensation and affective strategies and no relationships between meta-knowledge and tasks of pragmatic competence and social, affective and compensation strategies.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Personality Traits of Dayakese Students and Their Strategies in Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language

DINAMIKA ILMU ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-258
Author(s):  
Nurul Wahdah ◽  
Moh. Ainin ◽  
M. Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims at finding out the relationship between personality traits and Arabic Language Learning Strategies (LLS) for the Dayakese learners of Islamic Senior High School Tumbang Samba, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.  Eighty one students   were asked to participate in this study. The instruments used were the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI) proposed by John (1990) and   the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) proposed by Oxford (1990). In analysing data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient of Pearson were used. The findings can be explained as follows. 1) The agreeableness and conscientiousness traits of Dayakese learners were at moderate levels, and the extroversion, neuroticism and   openness to experience traits of them were at high levels. The most preferred personality trait was openness to experience. 2) The language learning strategies used by students on the six strategies were at different levels. The cognitive, compensation, affective and social strategies were at low levels. The memory and metacognitive strategies were at moderate levels. The most popularly strategy used was metacognitive strategies and the least strategy used was cognitive strategies. 3)  Although there is not a statistically significant correlation between Dayakese learners ‘personality and Arabic language learning strategies generally, the significant correlations were found between neuroticism trait and memory, metacognitive, and social strategies; and between openness to experience trait and cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, affective and social strategies specifically.

scholarly journals Saudi EFL Students’ Personality Types and Their Language Learning Strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Hanan K, Al-Dail ◽  
Nasser M, Freahat
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality types and English language learning strategies, and to examine the pattern of English language learning strategies used by Saudi EFL university students. The sample of the study consisted of 68 EFL female students in the English department at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). Two instruments were used to collect the data; Oxford’s (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The findings indicated that the participants were medium-high range strategy users and that the most frequently used strategy category among the six categories is metacognitive strategies followed by cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, social strategies, memory strategies, and finally, affective strategies. The observations indicated that there were some significant differences among students’ language learning strategy preferences based on their personality type. However, the relationship between the two variables is more complex and by no means direct and the reason was discussed in the research.

scholarly journals The Use of Grammar Learning Strategies by Libyan EFL Learners at Sebha University

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Safia Mujtaba Alsied ◽  
Noura Winis Ibrahim ◽  
Mustafa Mubarak Pathan
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Grammar Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Different Types

<em>For most English  language  learners, grammar can be  a very hard subject and some students tend to use different types of  strategies to learn grammar. Using learning strategies is very beneficial as they facilitate the learning process and make it more controlled, enjoyable  and effective for learners. This study explores the grammar learning strategies used by Libyan EFL undergraduate  students  at the English Department of Sebha University and the most  frequents used strategies. The  study also aims to find out if there is a significant difference between the students' use of learning strategies and gender. The population of the study  were  121 Libyan EFL undergraduate students who are currently in  their first and second years.  Data was collected through questionnaire distributed to the participants in the class. The result  of the study revealed that Libyan EFL learners used different types of grammar learning strategies which included memory strategies, metacognitive strategies, socio-affective strategies and cognitive strategies which were the least frequent used ones. It was found that  the most frequent used strategies were memory strategies. The findings also  showed that there is no significant difference between the use of grammar learning strategies and the participants' genders.</em>

scholarly journals Saudi English Major Freshmen Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies: An Exploratory Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim R. Alqarni
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Freshmen Students ◽  
Vocabulary Learning Strategies

This study aims at exploring the vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) employed by Saudi Freshmen students majoring in English as a foreign language (EFL). The participants are 81 Saudi male students in their first semester in the English Department and Translation in the College of Language and Translation at King Saud University. Data was collected using a questionnaire which was adapted from the study of Rabadi (2016) and was analyzed using the SPSS program. The overall results of this study show that participants use all of the different vocabulary learning strategies: Determination strategies, Memory strategies, Cognitive strategies, Metacognitive strategies, and Social strategies, with different degrees of frequency. By looking at the sub-categories of the strategies the results indicate that Metacognitive strategies (mean score: 1.98/4) are the most used and/or preferred strategies by all participants, followed by Social strategies (MS: 1.91), Determination strategies (MS: 1.62), Cognitive strategies (MS: 1.39) and Memory strategies (MS: 1.26) respectively. However, the overall mean score of (1.63) for the use of the strategies indicates that the participants of this study are low/poor users of vocabulary learning strategies in general. 

Examining the Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies among EFL Learners in Baghlan University of Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
New Words ◽  
Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Vocabulary learning is one of the problems in language learning skills. Tackling such problems is to provide useful and effective strategies for enhancing students’ VLSs. Therefore, this study aims to survey vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) utilized among English as a Foreign Language learners (EFL) in Baghlan University of Afghanistan, and to study the high and least frequently used VLSs that contributes to the learners’ vocabulary knowledge. This study utilizes a descriptive quantitative research method with 67 EFL learners who participated in the survey questionnaire adopted from Oxford (1990) taxonomy of VLS from different faculties of Baghlan University. The findings indicated that EFL learners preferably utilize VLSs at a medium level, and the highly used vocabulary learning strategies are the social strategies through which they ask the native speakers, teachers, and classmates for the meanings of new words in English language conversation. Determination, cognitive, and memory strategies are respectively followed by the learners. Whereas, metacognitive strategies are the least used strategies among EFL learners, the reason is that they only focus on the materials related to examination; explore anything about the new words for learning, and rarely think of their improvement in vocabulary learning.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Lexical Complexity Measures

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Ervin Kovacevic
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Complexity Measures ◽  
Lexical Complexity ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the hypothesis that language learning strategies (LLS) partly account for the level of L2 proficiency (i.e. the level of L2 lexical complexity produced in the written output of English language learners). To test the hypothesis, 152 English-proficient freshman students of Bosnian L1 linguistic background were surveyed utilizing the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) designed by Rebecca Oxford (1990). Their lexical output was collected through short essays that were written during formal exams held in English for Academic Purposes undergraduate courses at the International University of Sarajevo. The written samples were converted to an electronic format and analyzed with the Web-based Lexical Complexity Analyzer (Lu, 2012; Ai & Lu, 2010). Relationships between six SILL subscales and twenty-five lexical complexity (LC) measures were assessed through applying the principles of correlational design. The results confirmed the hypothesis. Statistically significant correlations were found between memory strategies and three LC measures, cognitive strategies and twenty LC measures, compensation strategies and nine LC measures, and affective strategies and three LC measures. It is concluded that the relationship between LLS and LC levels is mostly conditioned by LLS types.

scholarly journals Teaching Media in the Teaching of Arabic Language/ Media Pembelajaran dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Damar Gemilang ◽  
Hastuti Listiana
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Learning Types

This article discusses the media of learning Arabic language, through library studies that focus on distributing material effectively to students without making them boring. The limited creations and variations in learning as well as the low ability of Arabic language maharah of students make the role of the media so important. The selection of media correctly, can improve the mastery of material skills, motivate, and stimulate students. Through library studies from journals, papers, and books on learning media for the Arabic curriculum which are then analyzed and concluded data will be obtained about learning media for the Arabic curriculum which is useful for teachers. There are several rules in determining the media that will be used by taking into account the direction and objectives of learning, types of learning strategies, understanding the characteristics of the media by the teacher, in terms of cost suitability, media readiness, quality, and environment to operate the media. In terms of functions related to sensing devices, the media are divided into visual media, audio media, and audiovisual media. Meanwhile, viewed from the viewpoint in Arabic and that maharah, the media can be grouped into learning media mufrodat, nahwu-shorof, and Arabic language skills consisting of media istima', qiro'ah, kitabah, and kalam. This can help academics in applying media correctly in the learning of the Arabic language curriculum.One of the elements of learning Arabic is the student's Arabic learning strategy. But there are still some students who have not found the right strategy for learning Arabic, because of a lack of knowledge about Arabic learning strategies, especially the Oxford model of language learning strategies. The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of the Arabic language learning strategy for students in the Oxford model of Madrasah Ibitidaiyah Al Islam Kartasura students.This research is descriptive qualitative, as for the research site at Madrasah Ibitidaiyah Al Islam Kartasura. This research was conducted from March to June 2020. The subjects in this study were students of class V A at Madrasah Ibitidaiyah Al Islam Kartasura. The informants in this study were the fifth grade Arabic teachers at Madrasah Ibitidaiyah Al Islam Kartasura. Data collection methods used were interviews, observation and documentation.The conclusion of this study is that students use Arabic learning strategies in the Oxford model because there are indications that students are using their learning. The strategies used are memory strategies, cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, metacognitive strategies, affective strategies, and social strategies. The strategy that is often used by students is the memorial strategy.

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