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Salam, Urai; Sukarti; Arifin, Zainal – Journal of English Teaching, 2020
This study aimed to describe major learning styles and learning strategies used by a research subject from four years of a college student of English Education Study Program. It was a qualitative study and conducted through a case study design. The subject was a successful four years college student. The data was collected through questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Measures (Individuals)
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Feng, Yao; Iriarte, Fernando; Valencia, Jorge – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
The present study aimed to examine the inherent relationships between learning styles, learning strategies, and academic performance of Chinese students who study Spanish as a foreign language. For this purpose, an adaptation of the Honey-Alonso Learning Styles Questionnaire (CHAEA) and an adaptation of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Style, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning
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Yeh, Helen W. M. – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2021
The paper is concerned with a study of the relationship between the use of language learning strategies and student achievement. Chastain states that all learners have their learning strategies but only some are successful. It aims to investigate the types of grammar learning strategies that Asian learners use and the differences of using grammar…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grammar, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning
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Erdogan, Tolga; Ozdemir, Emrah – Online Submission, 2018
In related research, learning approaches and learning strategies have been reported as important variables influencing the quality of student learning. The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between the learning approaches and the language learning strategies of higher education students. The research was conducted with…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences
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Habók, Anita; Magyar, Andrea – Cogent Education, 2020
The purpose of the study is to analyse how second language learning is supported by language learning strategies (LLS) and various learning approaches, namely, self-efficacy, instrumental motivation, effort and perseverance, and preferences for cooperative or competitive learning. The sample of the research was composed of students in Hungary in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Taheri, Hamideh; Sadighi, Firooz; Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh; Bavali, Mohammad – Cogent Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is threefold: firstly, to explore the relationship between EFL learners' cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, and language learning achievement, secondly, to find out the relationship between EFL learners' language learning styles and strategies and their L2 achievement, and thirdly, to uncover the relationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Intelligence
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Afshar, Hassan Soodmand; Bayat, Mahsa – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
The present study investigated the relationship between language learning strategy use, learning styles, gender, and second language (L2) achievement of Iranian English for academic purposes (EAP) learners. To this end, 120 Iranian EAP learners majoring in various fields of humanities including political sciences, psychology, economics and law…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Afshar, Hassan Soodmand; Tofighi, Somayyeh; Hamazavi, Raouf – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The idea that language learning is facilitated or inhibited by a multitude of factors has prompted scholars in the field to investigate variables considered to be crucial in the process of second or foreign language learning. This study investigated relationships between emotional intelligence, learning style, language learning strategy use, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Emotional Intelligence
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Yu, Baohua – Educational Studies, 2019
This study examined (1) differences in background, integrative/instrumental motivation, learning approach, leaning strategy and proficiency in second language (L2) and (2) the determinants of learning outcomes between Hong Kong and Mainland (Chinese) students. To achieve this, a questionnaire survey was distributed to 773 s language learners…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Curriculum Design, Language Proficiency
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Liu, Xinmiao – English Language Teaching, 2018
A longitudinal study was conducted to assess changes in and contributing factors of learner belief for a sample of 70 Chinese foreign language learners. Foreign language proficiency and learner factors such as learner belief and learning strategy were measured four times at approximately fifty-day intervals. The results show that there were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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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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Zhou, Chaoying; Intaraprasert, Channarong – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study was intended to investigate the use of language learning strategy employed by English-major pre-service teachers in Midwest China in relation to their gender and personality types. The modified Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and adopted personality type inventory were used to collect the data. ANOVA and Chi-square tests…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Asians
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Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tretter, Thomas R. – TESOL Journal, 2012
This survey study explored perceptions and use of language learning strategies among English as a second language teachers and English-learning students (Grades 3-8, 10, and 11). The sample comprised 1,057 students (651 elementary, 275 middle, and 131 high school) and 54 teachers (31 elementary, 11 middle, and 12 high school) from 38 schools…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English Teachers, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes
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Alireza, Shakarami; Abdullah, Mardziha H. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Language learning strategies are used with the explicit goal of helping learners improve their knowledge and understanding of a target language. They are the conscious thoughts and behaviors used by students to facilitate language learning tasks and to personalize language learning process. Learning styles on the other hand, are "general…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Political Science, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning
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Morrison, Keith; No, Anna Ieong On – Educational Studies, 2007
This paper examines whether having school students repeat a year improves their performance, focusing on learning English as a foreign language. It takes students' English examination results from five years from a Chinese-medium school, together with data on their learning styles and learning strategies. Drawing on local cultural and pedagogic…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Gender Differences