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Hajar, Anas – Language Learning Journal, 2018
This paper documents the identity negotiation and strategic language efforts of a female postgraduate learner of English from a rural Arab background. She needed to obtain a high score in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam as a prerequisite to getting an unconditional offer from a UK university. The narrative inquiry reported…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Rural Areas, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Li, Daguo – Language Learning Journal, 2007
The present study sets out to examine the strategies used by Chinese learners in a predominantly naturalistic environment and how such learner strategy use relates to their proficiency in the second language. Data were collected from four Chinese research students in the UK using semi-structured interviews. Their proficiency in English was…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Metacognition, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries