A Case Study of English Language Learning Strategies for University Students of Engineering Design Specialty

Abstract:

This research aims at investigating language learning strategies of students of English as a foreign language in China. Using the questionnaire SILL as an instrument, qualitative and quantitative research methods are used. 33 valid questionnaires of university students of Engineering Design Specialty have been collected. The data have been analyzed using SPSS Version 20. The results show that the university students of Engineering Design Specialty sometimes use the English learning strategies at medium level. They sometimes use Compensation strategies, Cognitive strategies, Metacognitive strategies, Affective strategies and Social strategies, and they generally do not use Memory strategies.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 477-478)
• Pages: 1541-1544
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.477-478.1541
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Yong Hong Sun, Xiao Wei Jiang, Ling Zheng, Xiang Dong Xu
• Keywords: English Language Learning Strategies, Strategy

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