scholarly journals Can Foreign Language Learning Strategies Turn Into Crutches?: A Pilot Study on the Use of Strategies by Successful and Unsuccessful Language Learners

2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (49-50) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy Gregersen ◽  
Ricardo Vera Martínez ◽  
Pamela Pino Rojas ◽  
Leyla Espinoza Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Learning Strategies

scholarly journals STRATEGI-STRATEGI BELAJAR BAHASA ASING

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amri Isyam
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Foreign Language Learner

This article aims at desribing foreign language learning strategies which should be possessed by each foreign language learner because their success or failure doesn’t depend only on the lecturer’s language teaching but also very much on the foreign language learning strategies. There are a lot of foreign language learning strategies; however, at least, there are fourteen foreign language learning strategies that they should possess and apply if they really want to succeed in learning a foreign language. The strategies will be enough for foreign language learners to reach their learning targets if they can possess and apply them as well as possible in learning whatever foreign language, like English for example.  In addition to the fourteen strategies, how they will find or get them will also be presented and discussed in the article. It is advisable that a foreign language teacher or lecturer save a small amount of time of his/her teaching hours to teach those strategies, and that a learner apply them as well they can or make his/her own effort to find and apply them. Key words/phrases: foreign language learner, strategy, and foreign language learning strategy

scholarly journals Second foreign language learning strategies and their variations across language proficiency levels among Iranian EFL learners

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pazhakh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Proficiency Levels ◽  
Research Findings

Abstract. The present study has attempted to determine weather there is any relationship between language learning strategies employed by language learners, and if so what relationship exists between them. Furthermore, it has tried to investigate what effective and useful strategies the learners employ while learning English as a foreign language correspondent with their proficiency levels. A simulated TOEFL (REA, 1993) test was initially administered to classify the learners into three classes of proficiency levels. Oxford‟s Strategy Inventory, SILL, (Oxford, 1990) was used to determine the frequency of the language learning strategies applied by learners. The results of this study provide confirmation of previous research findings concerning the direct relationship between language learning strategies and language proficiency level, and represent the types of the strategies adopted by advanced, intermediate and elementary language learners. The implications of this study are to suggest both the metacognitive compensatory strategies, the most frequent strategies employed by advanced learners be instructed to the language learners in order to upgrade their proficiency level.Key Words: EFL, proficiency, second foreign languageResumen. Este estudio se intenta determinar la relación entre las estrategias empleadas para aprendizaje del idioma. Además, trata de ver qué estrategias útiles se usan para el aprendizaje correspondiente con la competencia de los idiomas. Un test simulado de TOEFL (REA, 1993) fue utilizado. El inventario de estrategia de Oxford (Oxford, 1990) fue usado para estimar la frecuencia de estas estrategias. Estos resultados como los anteriores sobre este tema confirman una relación directa entre estas estrategias y los niveles de la competencia y además, presentan los tipos de estrategias adoptadas por los niveles avanzados, intermedios y básicos. Resultados sugieren el uso de estrategias compensatorias mego-cognoscitivas para los niveles avanzados de los aprendices para elevar el nivel de competencia.Palabras claves: Competencia, EFL, segundo idioma extranjera 

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.

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 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.

scholarly journals Foreign Language Learning Strategies and Consecutive Interpreting Achievement: An Exploratory Study on Taiwanese Interpreting Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-164
Author(s):  
Yung-Nan Chiang ◽  
Daniel Steve Villarreal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Consecutive Interpreting ◽  
The Relationship

Although it has been frequently noted that interpreting students’ command of their working languages has not been solid enough to meet the challenge of interpreting, especially the challenge of interpreting from an A language to a B language, there has been no empirical research into whether their B language learning strategies are related to their interpretation achievement. This exploratory study filled this gap in the literature by investigating the relationship between foreign language (English) learning strategies and consecutive interpreting achievement among a group of undergraduate interpreting students in Taiwan. The participants’ learning strategies were assessed by Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), while their achievement was measured by their semester grades in Mandarin-English interpreting classes. Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses were used to analyze the data. The results showed that learning strategies had significant positive correlations with interpreting achievement, regardless of whether the SILL was analyzed in terms of the overall scale, its subscales, or its individual items. Based on the results, implications for offering learning strategies training to students are discussed and directions for future research are suggested.

scholarly journals MEDIASI BUDAYA LOKAL BERPRESPEKTIF GLOBAL DALAM PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ASING

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Mohamad Syaefudin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Foreign Culture

The importance of expressing local geniuses in other language could be the best way to learn a foreign language. Learning strategies which mediates the local geniuses and foreign values expressed in a foreign language brings a global perspective of the foreign culture. The cultural connection will be achieved not only from the messages brought by the local geniuses but also the cultural values of the foreign language. Eventually learners realize that by recognizing their own culture, recognizing and appreciating other culture will not be difficult. The French and the Javanese culture get along well in this research.

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