The relationship between English language learning strategies and proficiency of pre-university students: A study case of UMS

This paper seeks to investigate the relationship between language learning strategies and proficiency in English. Fifty-six pre-university students (22 males, 34 females) of University Malaysia Sabah participated in this study. Oxford's Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) self-repor...

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Main Authors: Kiram, Johannah Jamalul, Sulaiman Jumat, Suyansah, Swanto, Din, Wardatul Akmam
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Correlation coefficients
English language
Learning
Students
University students
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Summary:This paper seeks to investigate the relationship between language learning strategies and proficiency in English. Fifty-six pre-university students (22 males, 34 females) of University Malaysia Sabah participated in this study. Oxford's Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) self-report questionnaire was adopted to identify the students' language learning strategies, whereas their proficiencies were judged based on their Malaysian University English Test (MUET) Results. Pearson's correlation coefficient, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and the t-test were utilized to make statistical interpretation about the relationship. The knowledge obtained from this study will be helpful for future studies on how to improve the quality of learning and proficiency in English.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.4887688