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Balci, Özgül – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the language learning strategies of freshman students and their learning styles. This study is a descriptive research and employs a relational screening model. Participants of the study were 328 freshman students majoring in different fields at Necmettin Erbakan University Ahmet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Correlation, Second Language Learning
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Yunus, Melor Md; Sulaiman, Nur Ainil; Embi, Mohammed Amin – English Language Teaching, 2013
Many studies have been done on language learning strategies employed by different type of learners and in various contexts. However, very little studies have been done on gifted students regarding language learning. Gifted students have unique characteristics and have different ways of thinking and learning. These characteristics affect how they…
Descriptors: Gifted, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
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Banisaeid, Maryam – English Language Teaching, 2013
The present study was conducted to compare the effect of memory and cognitive strategies training on vocabulary learning of intermediate proficiency group of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. It is to check how memory and cognitive strategies training affect word learning of EFL intermediate learners (N = 60) who were homogenized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Memory
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Ghoneim, Nahed Mohamed Mahmoud – English Language Teaching, 2013
The current study focused on the problems which students encounter while listening to the English language, the mental processes they activate in listening comprehension, and the strategies they use in different phases of comprehension. Also, it aimed to find out whether there were any differences between advanced and intermediate students in…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Saeb, Fateme; Zamani, Elham – English Language Teaching, 2013
This paper reports a comparative study exploring language learning strategy use and beliefs about language learning of high-school students and students attending English institutes. Oxford's (1990) strategy inventory for language learning (SILL) and Horwitz's (1987) beliefs about language learning inventory (BALLI), were used to collect data.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Zheng, Shigao – English Language Teaching, 2012
To improve vocabulary learning and teaching in ELT settings, two questionnaires are designed and directed to more than 100 students and teachers in one of China's key universities. The findings suggest that an enhanced awareness of cultural difference, metaphorical competence, and learners' autonomy in vocabulary acquisition will effectively…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Style
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Lin, Lu-Fang – English Language Teaching, 2009
The purpose of the study was to investigate video comprehension strategies used by male and female university students. The researcher designed a video comprehension strategy questionnaire including cognitive, compensation, and memory categories. Totally, 168 Taiwanese university participants completed the questionnaire. The quantitative results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Comprehension, Males