Language Learning Strategies Used by Secondary Schools Students in Enhancing Speaking Skills

Language Learning Strategies (LLSs) act as a catalyse to increase learners' understanding of the target language. Learners need to explore a wide range of LLSs and decide which strategy works best for them because there is no single strategy that has been proven to be the universal success of learning a second language. This paper aims to identify the language learning strategies preferred by successful language learners. The study employed a quantitative research design which involved 54 successful language learners who are serving as teachers and lecturers of English as a second language (ESL) at various learning institutions in Malaysia An online survey with a Likert Scale of 1 to 5 adopted from the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) by Oxford (1990) was used to identify the language learning strategies preferred by the respondents and results revealed that metacognitive, compensation, social, memory and cognitive strategies were the most frequently employed while affective strategies were moderately employed strategies among the participants. Therefore, it is revealed that the successful language learners are highly aware of their language learning strategies used and this may not only benefit them as a successful language learner but also their students as they may train their students using varied strategies to succeed in English language learning.

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Language Learning Strategies Employed by Successful Language Learners

Hanafiah¹,

Kadir²,

Kamaruddin³

et al. 2021

“…Learning speaking skills in the second language has been a daunting task, especially to students who are lacking self-confidence and self-esteem (Zakaria et al, 2018). Therefore, a range of strategies may be used by learners to improve their speaking ability.…”

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Engineering Students' Language Learning Strategies (LLS) and Their Motivation in Learning Speaking Skills

Kehing¹,

Suhaili²,

Mara³

et al. 2021

One of the most important skills for an individual to learn is speaking skills. In preparation to enter the job market, students should be able to communicate effectively. There is a need to identify the language learning strategies used by good learners in learning speaking skills. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the language learning strategies (LLS) in learning speaking skills and the motivation level to learn speaking by the Semester 1 engineering Diploma students in a polytechnic in Sarawak. A quantitative research was carried out. The purposive sampling method was used in selecting the respondents. Based on the findings, metacognitive strategies were the most used LLS while social strategies were the least used LLS. Learners' motivation level was average with low self-esteem as one of the factors that influenced the learning of speaking skills. More studies should be conducted to study the factors affecting the use of LLS among students for the exact purpose of understanding their way of learning a language. Students should also be aware of how to use LLS in learning speaking to develop their speaking abilities.

“…However, as opposed to low-performing students, high-performing students used more deliberate and appropriate LLS, (Gani et al, 2015). A research was conducted in a secondary school; where the result showed the most used strategies among the female students had a higher propensity in the use of LLS to improve their speaking skills, (Zakaria et al, 2018).…”

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Language Learning Strategies Used by Form 4 Esl Learners to Develop Speaking Skills

John¹,

Rangasamy²,

Indiran³

et al. 2021

One of the most crucial elements of learning English is the ability to communicate effectively. It helps the user to convey information orally in a way that listeners can comprehend. It is important to communicate successfully in this global environment and speaking is considered the most critical of the four language skills. The focus of this study is to identify the highly utilized language learning strategies (LLS) among Form 4 ESL learners to improve their speaking skills. 60 students were selected using the purposive sampling method with ages ranging from sixteen to seventeen years old. Oxford (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Version 7.0 was used as the basis of the questionnaire. The modified version consisted of 36 statements on a Likert scale of 1 to 5. The mean and percentages of each strategy was analysed using SPSS Version 26. The results revealed that metacognitive strategy is the highly used LLS, while the memory related strategy is the minimally used LLS among upper secondary ESL learners in improving their speaking skills. These findings provide useful information for other researchers who are interested in analysing the language learning strategies used by students to improve their speaking skills.