Factors Affecting Language Learning Strategies

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Factors affecting LLS

MOTIVATION

Gardner (1985)A highly motivated person knows how to set their goals, show effort to achieve them because they want to.

McIntyre and Noels(1996)Highly motivated person tend to adopt effective learning strategies and frequently used them.

GENDER

Green and Oxford(1995)Females used more compensation and affective strategies more while studying compared to

males.Tran (1998) and Wharton (2000)

Tran and Wharton confirmed that the Vietnamese male adults show more learning strategies

compared to females.

LEARNING STYLE

Ehrman and Oxford (1990)Learning style preferences affect the type of LLS

use by an individual Suitable learning strategies with personal learning style may enhance the way of a person study a

particular language.

EXPERIENCE

Purdie and Oliver (1999)Experience of study or using the language at the

first place influence the passion of learning the language itself.

Oxford (1996)Cultural and nationality may also affect on the

language learning strategies of an individual.

LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY

Chen (1990)Low proficiency students have and use more

communication strategies compared to the high proficiency students.

Park (1997)There is an even relationship between LLS use and language proficiency based on his study towards Korean students learning English as their foreign language.

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