AN INVESTIGATION OF THAI STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES
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https://doi.org/10.32332/pedagogy.v6i1.1110Keywords:
English Language Learning Strategies, Thai StudentsAbstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the English language learning strategies implemented by Thai students with the consideration of gender variable. The study employed a descriptive quantitative research design which involved administering questionnaires of rating scale using Oxford, (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) to investigate the most frequent language learning strategies from 38 Thai students (15 males and 23 females) of Wahid Hasyim University of Semarang. This study revealed that females showed more strategic (3.34) in learning English than males (2.823). Generally, females showed more frequent use social strategies and males showed more frequent use affective strategies.
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Daniel Fernando Pérez Niño. (2010). The Role of Music in Young Learners’ Oral {roduction in English. Profile, 12(1), 141–157.
Erin McMullen, & Jenny R. Saffran. (2004). Music and Language: A Developmental Comparison. Spring, 21(3), 289–311. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2004.21.3.289
Ernesto Macaro. (2001). Learning Strategies in Foreign and Second Language Classrooms. New York: Continuum.
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J. O’Malley, & A. Chamot. (1990). Leraning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Joan Rubin. (2013). Teaching Language-Learning Strategies. In The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Retrieved from http://www.workingnet.com/joanrubin/pdfs/wbeal1165.pdf
Liza Lee, & Chuan Lin. (2015). The Impact of Music Activities on Foreign Language, English Learning for Young Children. Journal of the European Teacher Education Network, 10, 13–23.
Loenice Passarella Dos Ries. (2012). The Importance of Teaching Language Learning Strategies in Additional Language Classes in Brazil. Estudos Anglo-Americanos, 37, 81–108.
Meredith D. Gall, Joyce P. Gall, & Walter R. Borg. (2003). Educational Research (7th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education Inc.
Oxana Alexandrovna Yarikova. (2009). Influence of Music Lessons on the Vocabulary of Bulingual Children: A Study omong 16 Bilingual Children Living in Mixed Communicative Environment in Olso, Norway. University of Olso, Norway.
Pathomchaiwat, P. (2013). English Language Learning Strategies Used by University Students: A Case Study of English and Business English Major at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat in Bangkok. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 7(5), 1157–1161.
P.M. Lightbrown, & S. Nina. (2006). How Languages are Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rebecca L. Oxford. (1990). Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
Rod Ellis. (1999). The Study of Second Language Acquisition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sri Wahyuni, & Muhammad Ilyas. (2016). An Investigation of Thai Students’ English Language Problems and Their Learning Strategies at English Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Riau Islamic University. J-SHMIC, 3(2), 81–91.
Srisupha, R. (2013). Thai Students’ Language Learning Strategies. Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies, 2(2), 53.
Suwanarak, K. (2015). Learning English as Thai Adult Learners: An Insight into Experience in Using Learning Strategies. English Language Teaching, 8(12), 144–157.
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