Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know

Horwitz, Elaine K.; Oxford, Rebecca L.

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“…Several researchers have claimed that extra-linguistic information may significantly impact comprehension. Oxford (1990) declared that almost all language learners can associate new pieces of information with the previously-known concepts in their memory with the aid of meaningful visual images, which helps improve their learning efficiency. It has been demonstrated that students learn more quickly with visual clues than they would with words alone.…”

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Improving English Vocabulary for Students Through Listening to English News

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2023

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The major aim of the present research is to investigate the effects of listening to English News on improving the vocabulary of English majors at a university in Vietnam. The researcher called for 60 students to volunteer to take part in the study, 30 of whom were assigned to the experimental group and the other half assigned to the control group. The two groups had to respond to the pre-questionnaire and take the pre-test on vocabulary. The experimental group then entered the experimental process and was asked to listen to English News every day to learn vocabulary. Besides, they did some exercises designed by the researcher related to the English News they heard. Data were collected within ten weeks via the pre-questionnaire, the pre-test, the post-test and the post-questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that the experimental group advanced remarkably in terms of vocabulary compared to the control group. This demonstrated that listening to English News has a positive effect on English majors’ vocabulary. The results of the post-questionnaire also reveal that the students’ feedback on the practice of listening to English News is generally positive.

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“…The purpose of scanning is to extract specific information without reading through the whole text (Brown, 2001, p. 308). Scanning and skimming help learners learn exactly what they need or want to understand and allow them to disregard the rest or use it as background information (Njuakom, 2011, Oxford, 1990.…”

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Use of Highlighting Strategies in Reading Comprehension and Effects on Attainment in Selected Reading Skills

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2023

Innovare J Edu

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This study had two specific research objectives, two research questions and four specific research hypotheses. The study used quasi-experimental research designs. Data were collected using a standardized test. The study had a population of English Language students from secondary schools. The purposive sampling technique was used. The sample consisted of 40 students. The reliability of the instruments was established using Cronbach Alpha, which yielded a reliability coefficient of .70. Data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 24.00). Findings revealed that reading comprehension performances of students taught skimming and scanning in the highlighting strategies were significantly higher than those who were not taught using the highlighting strategies.

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“…Awareness Oxford (1990) provides one of the most comprehensive definitions of language learning strategy use in general which can be easily applied to reading strategy use as well: "Language learning strategies are: operations employed by the learner to aid the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information, specific actions taken by the learners to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, more self-directed, more effective, and more transferable to new situations" (p. 8).…”

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Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategy Use by English Language Teaching Students in Turkish Context: Sakarya University Sample

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2016

SUJE

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Reading is a complex cognitive activity that is not an inherently natural process unlike speaking and listening. A child can learn how to speak and listen without any formal instruction whereas reading needs to be taught to be learned. Therefore, a number of studies have been conducted on the use of reading strategies by English language learners (ELLs) in both English as a foreign language (EFL) context and English as a second language (ESL) context. Hence, with the purpose of looking at the issue from a different perspective, the current study aimed to investigate on students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategy use and to determine what types of reading strategies are used by the students of English Language Teaching (ELT) Department at a state university. 122 students ranging from 1st grade to 4th grade at ELT department of Sakarya University participated in the study. The Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) was used to collect data regarding the reading strategies that ELT students use. Based on the findings, 4th grade students were reported to use reading strategies more than the other grades. Also, it was determined that the participants irrespective of their grade showed tendency towards global reading strategy use more than problem-solving and support reading strategies. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in global and support reading strategy use between male and female participants of the study.Keywords: Reading strategies, second language literacy, Turkish ELT students, EFL. Türk Bağlamındaki İngiliz Dili Eğitimi ÖğrencilerininOkuma Stratejileri Kullanımındaki Bilişötesi Farkındalığı: Sakarya Üniversitesi Örneği ÖzKonuşma ve dinlemenin aksine, okuma doğuştan edinilmeyen bir süreç olmakla birlikte kompleks bir bilişsel aktivitedir. Bir çocuk nasıl konuşacağını ve dinleyeceğini örgün ve bilinçli bir eğitim almadan öğrenebilirken, okumanın öğrenilmesi bilinçli bir eğitim sürecini gerektirir. Bu nedenle, hem İngilizce'nin yabancı dil olarak, hem de ikinci dil olarak öğrenilmesi bağlamlarında İngilizce * Sakarya University, Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, ELT Department, okocaman@sakarya.edu.tr. ** Sakarya University, MA, semihbeskardes@gmail.com. Sakarya University Journal of Education 255öğrenenlerdeki okuma stratejileri kullanımı üzerine bir takım çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Konuya farklı bir bakış açısı ile yaklaşmak amacıyla, bu çalışma okuma stratejileri kullanımında öğrencilerin bilişötesi farkındalığını incelemeyi ve bir devlet üniversitesinin İngilizce Dili Eğitimi bölümündeki öğ-renciler tarafından hangi tür okuma stratejilerinin kullanıldığını belirlemeyi amaçladı. Sakarya Üniversitesi'nin İngiliz Dili Eğitimi bölümünden birinci yıldan dördüncü yıla kadar 122 öğrenci ça-lışmaya katıldı. Okuma Stratejierinde Bilişötesi Farkındalık envanteri (The Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory -MARSI) adındaki anket söz konusu öğrencilerin okuma stratejileri kullanımına dair veri toplanması amacıyla kullanıldı. Elde edilen bulg...

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Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know

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Improving English Vocabulary for Students Through Listening to English News

Improving English Vocabulary for Students Through Listening to English News

Use of Highlighting Strategies in Reading Comprehension and Effects on Attainment in Selected Reading Skills

Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategy Use by English Language Teaching Students in Turkish Context: Sakarya University Sample

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