language learning strategy use in palestine

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1、LanguageLearningStrategyUseInPalestineAbstractThisstudyreportsonthecurrentEnglishlanguagelearningstrategiesusedbyArabic-speakingEnglish-majorsenrolledatAn-NajahNationalUniversityinPalestine.Thesubjectsofthestudywere(99)maleandfemalestudentsstillstudyingfortheirB.A.degree.Thestudyalsoinvestigates

2、thefrequencyofstrategiesuseamongthesestudentsaccordingtogenderandproficiencyvariables.Proficiencyisreflectedbystudents'learninglevel(i.e.,sophomore,junior,senior),self-reportedproficiencyinEnglish(i.e.,thestudents'universityaverageinEnglishcourses)andlanguageself-efficacy(i.e,.howgoodthestudents

3、perceivedthemselvesasEnglishlearners).TheresultsofthisstudyshowedthatAn-NajahEnglishmajorsusedlearningstrategieswithhightomediumfrequency,andthatthehighestrank(79.6%)wasforMetacognitivestrategieswhilethelowest(63%)wasforcompensationstrategies.Ingeneral,theresultsshowedthatgenderandproficiencyhad

4、nosignificantdifferencesontheuseofstrategies.Basedonthesefindings,theresearcherrecommendsthatmoretrainingshouldbegiveninusingCognitive,MemoryandCompensationstrategiesbyembeddingthemintoregularclassroomactivities.IntroductionWithinthefieldofeducationduringthelasttwodecades,agradualbutsignificants

5、hifthastakenplace,resultinginlessstressonteachersandteachingandgreateremphasisonlearnersandlearning(Nunan,1988).Oneconsequenceofthisshiftwasanincreasingawarenessandinterestinresourcesforlearningstylesandlanguagelearningstrategiesinforeignandsecondlanguageteachingandlearning.ResearcherssuchasOxfo

6、rd(1990a);Cohen(1987);andO'MallayandChamot(1990)havestressedthateffectivelearnersuseavarietyofdifferentstrategiesandtechniquesinordertosolveproblemsthattheyfacewhileacquiringorproducingthelanguage.OnefocusofresearchintheareaofEFLhasbeenthatoftheidentificationofhowlearnersprocessnewinformationand

7、whatkindsofstrategiestheyemploytounderstand,learnorremembertheinformation.ThisstudyexplorestheuseoflearningstrategiesasanimportantfactorinthesuccessofEFLlearners.Thescarcityofresearchonthelanguagelearningstrategies(LLSs)ofAr