scholarly journals Students’ Achievements and Learning Strategies Across Gender Differences

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyas Willy Kartika ◽  
Ive Emaliana
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Female Students ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Single Gender ◽  
Strategy Types

This case study is intended to investigate students’ achievement and learning strategies employed by high achievers in English learning process at a single-gender private Islamic high school in East Java, Indonesia, in which male and female students are put in separated groups. Instruments used in this study are document analysis and interview guidelines. It reveals that the stereotype which is told us female learners tend to outperform male learners in language learning is not applicable in this study. Another conclusion that can be inferred is that all high achievers from both schools employ all learning strategy types which are proposed by Oxford (1990) namely; direct strategies and indirect strategies.Key words: different genders, learning strategies, achievement

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES DIFFERENCE IN AN INDONESIAN EFL SINGLE-GENDER CLASSROOM

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asep Kurnia
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Single Gender ◽  
Language Learning Strategies

AbstractThe issue of single-gender classroom is identified as the preference classroom system in education around the world. This classroom system is adopted due to female and male students’ performance in the learning process including English subject. In Indonesia, the issue of single-gender classroom is not publically implemented, co-educational classroom is preferred. However, some cities are promoted the single-gender classroom, specifically the cities which promote the religious education such as in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia. Due to the pre-observation in a boarding school implemented the single-gender classroom, there is an exact different between female and male achievement in English classes. There are some factors affect the students’ achievement. Learning strategies is one of the most important thing influent the achievement. Therefore, the main focus of the research is observing different students preference in learning strategies. Questionnaire and interview are formed as data collecting techniques. Consequently, there was an exact different between female and male students in using language learning strategies. Female students are common in performing metacognitive learning strategy. While, male students are prefer in implementing cognitive learning strategy. In the comparison, female students use the learning strategies more often than the male student, specifically in metacognitive and social learning strategies.Keywords: Learning strategies, single-gender classroom, Female and male differences, Indonesian EFL classroom, Students’ achievement factors.

scholarly journals English Learning Strategies of Economics-majored Students at Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luu Hon Vu ◽  
Le Quoc Tuan ◽  
Tran Thi Ngoc Anh ◽  
Nguyen Thi Phuong Truc
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Frequency Of Use

The purpose of this research paper is to look into the current situation of using learning strategies and the key factors that influence English learning strategies of tertiary students who major in economics at Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City. On the basis of Oxford’s (1990) theory on language learning strategies, the study conducted a questionnaire survey with the participation of 300 students. The results show that economics-majored students use English learning strategies at a relatively high frequency, with the metacognitive strategies group having the highest frequency; the groups of affective strategies and compensation strategies have the lowest frequency of use. It also draws a conlusion that individual factors such as gender, grade level, and major do not appear to have a significant impact on students' use of English learning strategies. There are no significant differences between male and female students, between students of all grades, and between students of different majors in the frequency of using English learning strategies.

scholarly journals Exploring The Use of Translation as a Strategy to Learn English

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1391
Author(s):  
Ajeng Dini Arfianti ◽  
Utami Widiati
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Effective Learning

<div align="center"><table width="645" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="439"><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study primarily wanted to explore students’ views and how they employ translation-related strategies to learn English. Five students from the accounting department, Universitas Negeri Malang participate in this qualitative case study. The findings showed that students consider translation has a positive contribution to their English learning. They also mentioned learning activities by using translation that can be categorized into several learning strategies. It is expected that the results of the study can raise awareness and exercise cautious use of translation as an effective learning strategy in English for the benefits of the students.</p><p class="Abstract"><strong>Abstrak:</strong><em> </em>Penelitian ini ingin mengeksplorasi pandangan siswa dan bagaimana mereka menggunakan strategi terkait terjemahan untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. Lima mahasiswa dari jurusan akuntansi, Universitas Negeri Malang berpartisipasi di studi kasus kualitatif ini. Hasil wawancara menunjukkan bahwa siswa menganggap terjemahan memiliki kontribusi positif untuk pembelajaran bahasa Inggris. Mereka juga menyebutkan beberapa kegiatan belajar yang terkait dengan penggunaan terjemahan yang dapat dikategorikan ke dalam beberapa strategi pembelajaran. Diharapkan hasil penelitian ini dapat meningkatkan kesadaran dan melatih penggunaan terjemahan secara hati-hati sebagai strategi pembelajaran bahasa Inggris yang efektif untuk kepentingan siswa.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

scholarly journals On the Relationship between EFL Learners’ Grammar Learning Strategy Use and Their Grammar Performance: Learners’ Gender in Focus

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
Fereshteh Azizmohammadi ◽  
Hamed Barjesteh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Intermediate Students ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Grammar Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Learning Strategy Use ◽  
Strategy Types

This study sought to investigate the interplay between grammar strategies employed by intermediate EFL learner and their performance on a grammar test. To undertake the study, eighty homogenized intermediate students, comprising 37 males and 29 females, took part in the study. Having been homogenized via quick placement test (QPT), the participants were asked to respond to Oxford’s (1990) grammar learning strategies questionnaire (hereafter, GLSQ). Next, the participants were asked to take a grammar test. The findings revealed a significant relationship among six subscales of GLSs and EFL learners’ performance on the grammar test. In addition, the results indicated a significant difference between male and female students in term of their performance on the grammar test. More precisely, female students outperformed the male counterpart as far as their performance on grammar test was concerned. In addition, the results attested that cognitive strategy and compensation learning strategy were the most and the least strategy types employed by the participants. The findings have pedagogical implication for both English as a foreign or second language.

scholarly journals Translanguaging as an ESL Learning strategy: A case study in Kuwait

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Rahima Sayed Sulaiman Akbar ◽  
Hanan Ali Taqi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
First Language ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Bilingual Students ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Knowledge Processing ◽  
Bilingual Classroom

In the domain of teaching bilingual students, the issue of using the first language in a second-language based class has been widely controversial. While some studies have questioned the method of moving between the two languages—Translanguaging, others found it highly beneficial. Here we aimed to investigate the effect of Translanguaging on the learner’s performance and language learning. 34 consenting female students of English participated in oral and written exercises pre-and-post the use of Translanguaging. A short questionnaire was answered afterwards to elicit the participants’ perception on the use of Translanguaging as part of their classwork. Even though students did not believe that their ability to alternate between the two languages has placed them in a significantly enhanced comfort zone,  their higher grades post-Translanguaging indicate Translanguaging enhanced their understanding and enabled them to achieve higher levels of knowledge processing. Nevertheless, the participants’ language was not significantly affected by the process. Overall, we can conclude that Translanguaging in a bilingual classroom is effective in fully understanding the topic and the information provided, yet it does not help improve language proficiency.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF SEX ON STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES: A CRITICAL REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Niwayan Sukraini
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy Use ◽  
Young Students

Due to the importance of providing learning environment that suits the students’ preference in learning a language, many studies have been conducted on the learning strategies employed by the students. Doro and Habok (2013) investigated the learning strategies of Hungarian young students learning English as a foreign language. The instrument they used was the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) for adult. It was statistically found that the instrument was reliable and worked well with the young learners. Another result of the study was that meta-cognitive strategies were the most frequently used while compensation strategies were the least frequently employed by the students. The study also discovered that female students showed higher frequency of learning strategy use. I conducted a similar study on Indonesian young students and tried to compare the result. There will be, however, difference in the instrument to collect the data. After consulting an English teacher who teaches young students, I decided to use the modified SILL for Taiwanese children by Lan (2005). This is due to the consideration that Indonesian students might not be able to fill in the complex questionnaire as in the adult version of SILL.The findings show that Meta-cognitive strategies as the most preferred group of the six strategy categories have exactly the same means of both Doro and Habok’s and my studies i.e. 3.2 and female students appeared to use language learning strategies more frequently that male students.

High Achievers

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Susi Kusumayanthi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
High Achiever ◽  
Speaking Skill

This paper reports on language learning strategies to develop speaking skill employed by university students categorized as high achiever students. It also focuses on the reasons why they employed those strategies. The study focuses on the above topics because the research concerning language learning strategies to develop speaking skill still receives a little attention in Indonesian EFL context. Some researchers, such as Chamot (1993), affirm that language learning strategy has primarily benefit for developing speaking skill. Two university students were participating in this study. They were studying in the eighth semester at a university in Bandung. They were taking a three-month English for Job Seekers Program supported by the university. In selecting the participants, this study made use of purposeful sampling to gain the important information from the participants (Alwasilah, 2002: 146). The instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were adapted from Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Version7.0 as well as Background Questionnaire developed by Oxford (1990). The interview was an open-ended interview. The study then revealed several findings, among others, is that the high achiever students employed meta-cognitive strategies the most. Concerning the reasons why they employed those strategies were presented in this research.

scholarly journals High Achievers

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Susie Kusumayanthi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
High Achiever ◽  
Speaking Skill

This paper reports on language learning strategies to develop speaking skill employed by university students categorized as high achiever students. It also focuses on the reasons why they employed those strategies. The study focuses on the above topics because the research concerning language learning strategies to develop speaking skill still receives a little attention in Indonesian EFL context. Some researchers, such as Chamot (1993), affirm that language learning strategy has primarily benefit for developing speaking skill. Two university students were participating in this study. They were studying in the eighth semester at a university in Bandung. They were taking a three-month English for Job Seekers Program supported by the university. In selecting the participants, this study made use of purposeful sampling to gain the important information from the participants (Alwasilah, 2002: 146). The instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were adapted from Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Version7.0 as well as Background Questionnaire developed by Oxford (1990). The interview was an open-ended interview. The study then revealed several findings, among others, is that the high achiever students employed meta-cognitive strategies the most. Concerning the reasons why they employed those strategies were presented in this research.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES DURING ONLINE LEARNING: HOW THEY DEAL WITH SPEAKING ABILITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-80
Author(s):  
Marlin Marlin ◽  
Andang Saehu ◽  
Audi Yundayani
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Mobile Phone Applications

The pandemic situation shifted the learning process from offline to online. It challenges the students in English learning, especially in learning their speaking ability. However, the students manipulated the strategies by utilizing online platforms or mobile phone applications accordingly to their learning experience. This study investigates students' language learning strategies and how the strategy is applied in learning speaking ability. The case study was carried out in a senior high school. The respondents are 64, who were chosen purposively to be involved in this study. The instruments of data collection were conducted by questionnaire and interview under Strategy Inventory for Language Learning. The results showed that 63 (95%) of students applied metacognitive strategies in the form of centering learning process, arranging, and planning learning strategies. Moreover, 61 or 91% of students used practicing, receiving, and sending messages of group cognitive strategies to motivate them to practice their speaking ability during online learning. Furthermore, less than 80% of social, memory, affective, and compensation. It recommended that the teacher be a facilitator by providing a good stimulus for the students to motivate themselves to be self-regulated

English-major Pre-service Teachers’ Language Learning Strategy Use in terms of Enjoyment of English Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1103
Author(s):  
Chaoying Zhou ◽  
Channarong Intaraprasert
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Language Learning Strategy ◽  
Learning Strategy Use ◽  
English Major ◽  
Post Hoc

Language learning strategies (LLSs) play important roles in learners’ language learning. The study investigated the use of LLSs employed by English-major pre-service teachers in Midwest China by enjoyment of English learning. The modified SILL was used to collect the data. ANOVA and Post Hoc Scheffe Test were performed for data analysis. The results demonstrated that a significant variation in their pre-service teachers reported frequency of overall strategy use, all the four categories, and 41 out of 48 individual LLSs. Pre-service teachers with higher enjoyment of English learning use more strategies than counterparts with lower enjoyment of English learning. Implications of the findings for English teaching and learning were discussed.

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