TITLE:
Language Learning Strategies Used by ESL Undergraduate Students
AUTHORS:
Vinotheni Chanderan, Harwati Hashim
KEYWORDS:
English as Second Language (ESL), Language Learning Strategies (LLS), Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), Private University
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.13 No.3,
March
16,
2022
ABSTRACT: English is considered a second language (ESL) in
Malaysia and is one of the prerequisite subjects at private universities.
Students are able to identify the strategies yet still some struggle in
learning the language. In order to master a language, students must be able to
develop their own language learning techniques. The goal of this research is to
find out more about the language learning strategies (LLS) used by students of
a private university in Selangor. It involved 200 freshmen from five different
faculties at a university. This quantitative survey used a questionnaire
adapted from Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL) by Oxford (1990) as the instrument. Descriptive statistics were
administered to investigate the usage of LLS among the respondents. The
findings showed that respondents tend to use their preferred LLS in improving
their language skills. It is hoped that language educators would use the
findings to focus their attention on facilitating English language learning
programs that are appropriate for students’ LLS, thus assisting them in
developing their English language skills.