scholarly journals Language Learning Strategies in English Language Learning: A Survey Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Astri Hapsari

Strategic competence involves a number of learning and communication strategies which can be learned by language learners. These behaviors and thinking process can help second language learners to accelerate their target language learning. Teachers’ knowledge on these strategies will help language learners in overcoming the problems of their learning process. This survey study aims to describe students’ profile of strategic competence by mapping their language learning strategies. The participants were 106 students of Department of English Language Education in academic year 2014/2015. The instrument used was Oxford’s (1989) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Worksheet, Version 7.0 for Speakers of Other Languages Learning English. Students’ profile of strategic competence in academic year 2014/2015 is: memory strategy (3.20), affective strategy (3.38), cognitive strategy (3.45), compensation strategy (3.46), social strategy (3.46), and metacognitive strategy (3.63). Therefore, the only strategy who has achieved high profile is metacognitive strategy (3.63). The other strategies are still on medium profile, which means all the students sometimes use the strategies. For the whole SILL strategies, students of Department of English Language Education, Universitas Islam Indonesia in academic year 2014/2015 get mean score 3.43, which also means on medium profile of strategic competence. From the result, it is recommended that the students need to develop the other five strategies from medium to high profile. Keywords: strategic competence, language learning strategies, survey study

EDULANGUE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Afif Ikhwanul Muslimin

  AbstractOne of the prominent skills to be acquired by English language learners is Language learning strategies (LLSs) which is significant to enhance communicative competence. Individual’s differences in using the strategies depict their understanding on LLSs. An interesting fact on the result of Manajemen Dakwah Department Students (MDDSs) at State Islamic University (UIN) of Mataram in the odd semester of academic year 2018-2019 was 64 students got higher average English scores in their final test (88) compared to their middle test (65) that might reflect different use of LLS. The English subject was focusing on reading comprehension. Furthermore, descriptive qualitative case study was applied to record the dominant LLSs used by ten successful students or achievers in English class who has the criteria of achieving English score above 90. Three instruments were used to gather data, they are: documentation, questionnaire, and interview. The result shows that students used all LLSs and creating their own learning opportunities. Only HN that did not use social strategy though he used all other strategies. It means that successful MDDSs believe that exactly all LLSs are significant for elevating their language learning. Another result shows that the dominant LLSs which were used are compensation as they are good guesser for the unfamiliar words, memory strategy since they always try to memorize to retain the vocabulary in mind, and metacognitive strategy where they always create best setting for them to learn. Keywords: Language Learning Strategies, MDDSs, Dominant LLSs, English Scores.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Taufik Hidayah

          The present study aims at investigating the patterns of language learning strategy use employed by the sixth semester students of English language education program at the University of Muhammadiyah Jember. To achieve this objective, Oxford’s Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL) (1990) along with a background questionnaire (a modified version of Oxford’s background questionnaire) were administered to the participants. The findings indicate that the research participants use language learning strategies at a high rate (more than 60%), but with differences in type and frequency of the individual learning strategies. The students reported a high frequent use of metacognitive and cognitive strategies. Other types of language learning strategies are also used by the students, although the frequency is lower than the previous two strategies. Based on the findings of the present study, some pedagogical implication were suggested to encourage students to reflect on their own strengths  and weaknesses in skills and content courses  and self-regulate learning so as to make progress with teachers’ assistance. Keywords:  language learning strategies  (LLS);  Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL);  memory strategies; cognitive strategies; metacognitive strategies; socio-affective strategies; compensation strategies.  


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Heriyanti Tahang ◽  
Sarmin Sarmin ◽  
Yuliana Yuliana ◽  
Taslim Taslim

This research aimed to discover the language learning strategies used by successfull students in developing speaking performance in speaking performance at English Language Education Program in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong. This research used qualitative method in the form of descriptive qualitative. the participants of this research were taken from the third semester of English Language Education Program in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong with the total 6 students. The participants were the students who gained score A in speaking class. Based on the data gathered, the result showed that the students applied both of Direct and Imdirect learning strategies in developing their speaking English Language Education Program in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong, namely social strategies, metacognitive strategies, affective strategies in Indirect Strategy and memory strategies, cognitive strategies, and compensation strategies in Direct Strategy. From those of six strategies applied, most of the students tended to apply Indirect Strategy that was social strategies by asking help, working in pair, practicing with the proficient user of English and making small group discussion.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-279
Author(s):  
Durga Bhusal

Language Learning Strategies (LLSs) are specific actions, behaviors, steps, or techniques that the learners use them to improve their performance which is important for L2/FL learning and teaching. These strategies are as affecting factors on success or failure of the language learning process. Hence, this paper explores the English language learners’ learning strategies to develop their communicative competence within the theoretical stance of Oxford’s 1990 Language Learning Strategies (LLSs). The study is qualitative in nature where four participants were interviewed to understand their ontological perspectives and practices of different LLSs to enhance their communicative ability in English. The findings show the learners seemed to be usual strategy users. However, social, affective, and metacognitive strategies frequent strategies for developing their communicative competence. It further depicts learners are not always aware of the influence of consciously using language learning strategies for making their learning quicker and more effective. Thus, the teachers need to be the one who helps their students develop the awareness of language learning strategies and enable them to use a wider range of appropriate strategies for further success in their communicative competence.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Hong Shi

The purpose of this study is to examine English Language Learners’ (ELLs) self-efficacy belief, language learning strategies and goal orientations in university settings. It also explored the relationships among self-efficacy, learning strategies and goal orientation of ELLs. A survey was used to collect data. The participants were 77 ELLs in a southeastern university in America. It was found that ELLs in this study had positive self-efficacy beliefs. ELLs often use language learning strategies in their learning process. There were significant positive relationships between self-efficacy and language learning strategies, between language learning strategies and mastery goal orientations. Mastery goals mostly predicted strategy use for ELLs. Implications were provided for language educators to assess ELLs’ self-efficacy and goal orientations. This study identified instructional suggestions for language educators as well as provided useful information for related discussions from an ELL perspective in university classrooms.


Jurnal KATA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Adip Arifin ◽  
Syamsudin Rois

<p><em>Language learning is basically a process of trial and error. It means that in every language learning activity, both in oral and written, errors in language are made. It also happens to Indonesian learners of English. This study is aimed at investigating the organization of lexicogrammatical feature in recount texts, written by sixth semester students of English Language Education Department, STKIP PGRI Ponorogo, in the academic year 215/2016. The study used descriptive qualitative method and designed as error analysis. The data were collected through written test composition. The result of study showed that the organization of lexicogrammatical feature was less satisfying. It could be seen from a number of mistakes produced by the students. In detail, there were 32 mistakes in using wrong word (misuse), 30 mistakes of wrong tense, 25 mistakes in using action verb, 21 mistakes in using finite, 17 mistakes in adverbial use, 17 mistakes of misspelling, 3 mistakes of using conjunction, 2 mistakes of using srticle, and 2 mistakes of using adjective.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Pembelajaran bahasa pada prinsipnya merupakan proses mencoba dan gagal. Hal ini berarti bahwa dalam proses pembelajaran bahasa, baik lisan maupun tulisan, tidak terlepas dari berbagai kesalahan berbahasa. Bagi pembelajar Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing di Indonesia tentu juga tidak bisa terlepas dari kesalahan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana unsur-unsur pembentuk teks dalam teks recount yang ditulis oleh partisipan, yang berasal dari mahasiswa semester VI program studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP PGRI Ponorogo pada semester genap tahun akademik 2015/2016. Fokus penelitian ini adalah pengorganisasian fitur leksikogramatikal. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain error analysis. Data diperoleh dari written test composition, dan kemudian dianalisis berdasarkan prosedur error analysis. Dari hasil analisis data diketahui bahwa; pertama,  pengorganisasian teks khususnya pada fitur leksikogramatikal belum sepenuhnya memuaskan. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari statistik kesalahan yang telah teridentifikasi. Secara detail ditemukan kesalahan terbanyak pada penggunaan kata (misuse) yakni 32 kesalahan(22%), wrong tenses 30 kesalahan (20%), wrong action verb 25 kesalahan (17%), absence of finite 21 kesalahan (14%), adverbial mistake 17 kesalahan (11%), misspelling 17 kesalahan (9%), cnjunctionmistake 3 kesalahan (2%), articlemistake 2 kesalahan (1%), dan wrong adjective 2 kesalahan (1%). </em></p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumaresen Mahalingam ◽  
Melor Md. Yunus

The Malaysian Education Blueprint is aimed to ensure every child is proficient in English Language besides Bahasa Malaysia. Thus the English Language syllabus is geared to mould learners to become successful language learners. However, not all learners are capable of being successful language learners despite years of schooling. Therefore, this study aims to investigate language learning strategies used by good language learners in learning English as their second language. To achieve the aim of the study, a questionnaire was used to collect the quantitative data. 30 pupils with good language ability from a rural primary school in Sabah were selected to participate in this study. The findings of the study indicated that different language learners prefer different learning strategies to improve their second language learning.  The learning strategies also vary based on the language skills they are learning. The findings of the study are hoped to provide significant impact to the pupils, teachers and curriculum planners to integrate language learning strategies in teaching and learning to assist successful language learning.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 655
Author(s):  
Noor Rachmawaty ◽  
M. Basri Wello ◽  
Mansur Akil ◽  
Syarifuddin Dollah

Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is believed as an additional type to the existing forms of intelligence (IQ, EQ). It also explains why some individuals are more effective than others in culturally diverse situations. Studies have documented how successful language learners seem to use wider variety of language learning strategies than unsuccessful learners. Having these two important aspects in relation to the successfulness of acquiring foreign language thus this study is intended to explore the relationship of Cultural Intelligence, Language Learning Strategy and English Language proficiency. The study involved 87 second-year students of English Department, Mulawarman University. Data were gathered using The Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS), The Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and TOEFL. Descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS 20 were used in the process of data analysis. The result reveals that CQ level of the students is medium (M=51.984) with metacognitive and motivational as dominant factors for both male and female students. The data shows that there is a significant relationship between CQ and LLS (F= 13.082, p= 0.001). This result confirms the previous studies that culture influences the frequency and type of LLS use. As for strategy categories, metacognitive is the most frequently used strategy (M=3.704) and affective is the least frequently used (M=3.080). The students’ proficiency level is ranging from elementary (25.29%) to advanced (8.05%). The dominant level is low intermediate. The data recorded that there is no correlation among cultural intelligence, language learning strategies and English language proficiency (F=1.208, p= 0.304).


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