FATIN MURSYIDAH

BINTI MOHAMAD

A141099

5 most important

factors affecting second

language strategy use

1.AGE AND STAGES

• the strategies used by primary school's students and secondary school's students are different.

• for the beginners who start to learn the second language may also use different strategies in learning the language.

• for the first stage, they might use simple strategies like try to memorize about ten new words in a day.

• the primary school's students and the beginners are tend to use memory strategies as it is easier for them to enhance their vocabulary.

• when entering the secondary school, they might upgrade their strategies used in learning the language.

• for example, they took part in school's activities to gain their confidence in using the language.

2. TYPE OF TASK

• The strategies used also depend on what type of task to be done.

• different tasks need different strategies.

• for example, if we are given a long passage,we can paraphrase it and do some grouping on the words in order to make it easier for us to understand the passage.

• if we have a lot of keywords, we can use highlight or do mind map

3. LEARNING STYLE

• Every people has different learning style.

• Stewart and Felicetti (1992) define learning styles as those “educational conditions under which a student is most likely to learn.”

• There are some people who tend to be visual learners, auditory learners, kinesthetic learners and so on.

• For visual learners, they like to see and imaging what they learn. So,they are more to cognitive strategies.

• For the auditory learners, they can use something like music and listen attentively to the teachers in class.

• The kinesthetic learners are known as the 'do-ers' which is the learners will carry out the physical activities.

• The learning process occurs by the learners using their body to express a thought, an idea or a concept (in any field).

4. ATTITUDE AND BELIEFS

• Having a positive attitude toward the language is an important contributor to the success of second language learning.

• Positive attitude helps learners to be bold and can develop their confidence during speaking the language with the native speakers.

• A positive attitude often leads learners to use a variety of learning strategies that can facilitate skill development in language learning.

• According to Gardner and Miller (2002), learners bring their beliefs, goal, attitudes and decisions to learning, and these influence how they approach their learning.

• Learner's belief is a part of metacognitive knowledge which exert either positive or negative effects on learning process.

• Learner's belief also assist them to develop a more positive attitudes towards the learning process.

5. SOCIAL FACTORS

• Strategies used by learners may also influenced by their people around them.

• They may be influenced by their friends, teachers and also their families.

• If they see their friends do mind maps, short notes or flashcards, they might want to do that also as they find it can help their learning process.

• Besides that, they practice what their teachers suggest to them for example do study group, answer the past examination's paper and pay attention in class.

That's all the factors that affecting language learning strategy use by

second language learner that I manage to discover.

1.Age and stages2.Type of task3.Learning style4.Attitude and beliefs5.Social factors

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