scholarly journals Graduate Students’ Proficiency Strategy Attitutes on Autonomous Learning in Foreign Language Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Halil Küçükler
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Perceptual Learning Style ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
High Level

The aim of the study is to investigate the strategy attitudes of graduate students’ proficiency attitudes on autonomous learning in foreign language learning. This survey was conducted in Balıkesir University in academic years of of 2014-2015. The survey analyses graduate (Master of Arts) students’ foreign language learning styles and strategies to find out to what extent they are autonomous. Two kinds of questionnaires were administered. The first one was learner autonomy survey questionnaire developed by Zhang and Li (2004), which was administered to investigate how autonomous the participants were in learning English as a foreign language. The second one was the perceptual learning style preference questionnaire (PLSPQ) developed by Reid (1987). The two questionnaires were administered to 600 graduate students enrolled in the Institutions of Social Sciences and the Institution of Health at Balıkesir University in the academic years of 2014-2015. Only 504 graduate students responded the questionnaires. Then it was announced that there would be two types of English YDS preparation courses for the participants enrolled at Balıkesir University, Institute of M.A programs. 30 participants applied to join the courses. The participants are assigned to two groups, as instructed and non-instructed on voluntary bases. The results of data analysis showed that most of the participants preferred to learn English in class. But few students believed that they would be successful by self-study. The learners did not use strategies in high level but they used them in medium level.

scholarly journals Autonomous Learning for Proficiency Level İn Foreign Language Development of Graduate Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil Küçükler
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Student Centred Learning ◽  
Experimental Group

Also called student-centred learning, autonomous learning is a multifaceted and self-motivated study skill that relates to a change in focus in the learning environment from the teacher to the student or from teaching to learning (Taylor 2000, p. 107). Its impact on linguistic competence has been investigated over time and the two have been found to be correlated. This survey was conducted in Balıkesir University in academic years of 2014-2015. The survey analyses graduate (Master of Arts) students’ foreign language learning styles and strategies to find out to what extent they are autonomous. The aim of the study is to investigate the impacts of graduate students’ proficiency attitudes on autonomous learning in foreign language learning. Two kinds of questionnaires were administered: the first one was learner autonomy survey questionnaire developed by Zhang and Li (2004), which was administered to investigate how autonomous the participants were in learning English as a foreign language. The second one was the perceptual learning style preference questionnaire (PLSPQ), developed by Reid (1987). The two questionnaires were administered to 600 graduate students enrolled in the Institutions of Social Sciences and the Institution of Health at Balıkesir University in the academic years of 2014-2015. Only 504 graduate students responded. Then it was announced that there would be two types of English YDS preparation courses for the participants enrolled at Balıkesir University, Institute of M.A programs. 30 participants applied to join the courses. The participants are assigned to two groups, as instructed and non-instructed on voluntary bases. The study involved the YDS test that measured the performance of the control and experimental groups to find out the differences. The study involved 15 sample YDS tests that were administered after every two weeks of instructions. Before the training commenced, there were some preliminaries that were being applied to determine the advancement in the level of proficiency and the level of trainees.  The results indicate that the male graduate students from both groups performed better than the female learners. The results also reveal that the control group scored a mean of 38, 86 while the experimental group recorded 38, 06 in the first test. Throughout all tests, the experimental group only scores a few points less. The ultimate YDS (The formal Proficiency Exam) score was (control group= 48; experimental group =47), which is almost the same. There is no meaningful difference between the control and experimental group.

scholarly journals Exploring Language Learning Style Preferences of the ELT Graduate Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Rumana Rafique
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Perceptual Learning Style ◽  
Style Preferences ◽  
The University ◽  
Individual Style

The paper aims at discovering the language learning style preferences of the ELT graduate students of the English Department of the University of Dhaka. The paper explores the students’ learning style preferences based on Reid’s (1984) six perceptual learning style categories such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile, group and individual style preferences. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected using a questionnaire and interview of the ELT students of a public university in Bangladesh. The results revealed that the ELT students are more or less aware of their own learning styles and the way they learn better. It was found out from the study that majority of the students preferred the auditory style of learning while individual style is the least preferred. The study also brings students’ opinions regarding learning styles in the field of learning ESL (English as a Second Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) to light. The paper then discusses the implications of the findings and offers some recommendations regarding the need to identify students’ learning styles in Bangladeshi classroom.  

The Impact of Foreign Language Learning Style on Strategies Preferences in Art Colleges

2014 ◽  
Vol 971-973 ◽  
pp. 2677-2680
Author(s):  
Di Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Factors affecting students’ English learning performances are always debated among language researchers. This research is carried out in art colleges to figure out the students’ preferences in learning styles and learning strategies as well as the relationship between them. Questionnaires have been applied and data have been dealt with by SPSS. This research has shown that students in the art college tend to be visual and individual learners, and thus they prefer to adopt metacognitive, memory and affective strategies.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Learning Styles and Metacognitive Reading Strategy of EFL Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zohreh Jafarpanah ◽  
Majid Farahian
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Learning styles and strategies are among the important factors which affect the learners’ performance in foreign language learning. The present study investigated the relationship between learning styles and metacognitive reading strategy of Iranian EFL (English as Foreign language) learners. It has also made an attempt to discover which learning style has the strongest correlation with metacognitive reading strategy. Accordingly, a total sample of 128 students who studied EFL at university was asked to answer a proficiency test. The purpose of administrating the proficiency test was to have a homogenized group of intermediate EFL learners. As the next step, the participants were asked to answer two questionnaires which explored their metacognitive reading strategy and learning styles. The data analysis indicated that thirteen learning styles out of twenty-three ones have a significant, positive correlation with metacognitive strategy. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between visual, auditory, introvert, intuitive, concrete, closure-oriented, synthesizing, analytic, sharpener, deductive, field independent, metaphoric, and reflective styles with metacognitive reading strategy. In addition, among 23 learning styles, visual, closure- oriented and synthesizing styles had the strongest correlation with metacognitive strategy. The findings revealed that Iranian EFL learners with these three learning styles use more metacognitive reading strategy.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong><strong>:</strong> Learning Styles, Metacognitive Reading Strategy, Foreign Language Reading</p>

scholarly journals ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT AND PHD-STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
В. І. Гарапко
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
High Level

The high level of personal involvement required by the foreign language learning process is even more difficult for our universities, where the demands of the academic environment are so high that not all graduate students acquire the necessary competencies to meet these requirements. The purpose of the article is to explore the background for acquiring foreign language competence in the academic environment and to obtain the necessary information necessary for further research. The research methodology is based mainly on theoretical methods, such as analysis of scientific papers and publications to identify the main problems of the article. The classification method is used to classify the main points of view on the selected problem. The broader goal of language education is independent communication in a foreign language, which is based on the premise that language skills learned in classrooms are easy to transfer to real situations, and that graduate students will gain the necessary experience at the end of the language program. But this is not the case, and the practical results of the acquired skills of communication in a foreign language almost always do not meet the language expectations of the applicants. The current state of educational services indicates a significant increase in the need for high-quality post-graduate education, which will provide the applicant with relevant competencies relevant to the academic environment. Today the aim of post-graduate education is not only the growth of usage of lexical and grammar materials in the training of a competent specialist. In theory, post-graduate education established the imperative of the competence-based approach, while practically communicative competencies aren't directed to the process of inclusion of PhD students in professional culture are underestimated and incomplete extent implemented by them in the academic educational environment.

scholarly journals A Study of Foreign Language Learning Styles Used by Georgian Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
Rusudan Gogokhia ◽  
Natela Imedadze
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style Preferences ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Style Preferences ◽  
Successful Students

A Study of Foreign Language Learning Styles Used by Georgian Students The aim of the work was to research learning style distribution in Georgian university students to determine which styles or their complexes are optimal in foreign language learning in similar conditions of teaching. Learning style preferences of more and less successful students were compared using a standardized test (Ehrman, 1998). An analysis of frequencies does not reveal reliable differences between more successful and less successful students. A statistically reliable correlation between varieties of styles was detected only in more successful students, giving grounds to conclude that successful students use diverse and multiple styles, while less successful ones are mostly stuck with one style.

scholarly journals ШЛЯХИ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ АВТОНОМНОГО НАВЧАННЯ ПРОФЕСІЙНО ОРІЄНТОВАНОГО АНГЛОМОВНОГО СПІЛКУВАННЯ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ МАТЕМАТИКИ

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Наталя Дмітренко ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Educational Activities

The purpose of the article is to identify ways to increase the effectiveness of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication. The combination of personality-oriented, competence-based and communicative approaches in the training process of future Mathematics teachers makes the learning process more efficient and the learning outcomes better. The main strategies of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication of future Mathematics teachers, which should be used in the learning process, are: strategies for overcoming language and speech difficulties in foreign language proficiency; strategies for organizing autonomous learning of professionally oriented communication in a foreign language. Effective implementation of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication is grounded on a set of pedagogical conditions: 1) training students for the formation of educational autonomy, which includes: diagnostics of students to determine individual learning style in foreign language learning; correction and development of skills of autonomous educational activities and expansion of the range of educational strategies; autonomy of students, which is expressed in the independent determination of the goals and objectives of the course, the student’s preference choice of strategies and techniques; education of students’ sense of responsibility, ability to self-assessment and self-control, formation of skills to organize the work in the course of training; 2) providing pedagogical support aimed at achieving educational goals, which involves subject-subject interaction of a teacher and a student, the result of which is the acquisition of specific knowledge, skills and abilities, increasing the level of autonomy and awareness of the meaning and significance of educational activities; 3) creation of an effective learning environment that promotes self-determination, selfrealization and self-development of students and provides material, methodological, technical support for the organization of autonomous learning of professionally oriented English communication.

scholarly journals Dayakese Students’ Beliefs About Arabic Language Learning and Their Relation with The Language Learning Strategies

ALSINATUNA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nurul Wahdah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Learning Beliefs ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Beliefs About Language Learning ◽  
Language Learning Beliefs ◽  
High Level

Language learners often bring their personal philosophy into foreign language learning. Beliefs about language learning might support to selecting the ways of learning in foreign language. This study aims at finding out the correlation between Dayakese students’ beliefs about language learning and their learning strategies in Arabic as a foreign language at Central Borneo, Indonesia.  Sixty-one students were asked to participate in this study. The instruments used were Beliefs about Language Learning (BALLI) proposed by Horwitz (1988) and Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) proposed by Oxford (1990). In analyzing data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient of Pearson product moment were used. The findings can be explained as follows. 1) The aptitude, learning difficulty, and communication and learning strategies dimensions were at medium level, while nature of language learning and motivation & expectation dimensions were at high level. Generally, Dayakese students’ beliefs about Arabic language learning were at medium level; 2) The popular strategies used by Dayakese students were metacognitive and affective strategies; 3) The significant correlations were found between Dayakese students’ beliefs about language learning and their Learning Strategies in Arabic as a foreign language with coefficient correlation 0.431.

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