Language learning strategies used by EMI implemented school students to develop English language

Abstract

This thesis entitled Language Learning Strategies Used by EMI Implemented School Students to Develop English Language aimed to find out the learning strategies used by students while learning the English language. This study is particularly based on the responses obtained from the students of the EMI implemented public school students. The objectives of this study was to find out the learning strategies used by EMI implemented public school students and to suggest some pedagogical implications. For this study, I collected data from 100 students from five schools studying in grade nine and ten in Kathmandu district. A questionnaire was used as a tool to collect the data from the respondents, which included closed and open ended items. Random sampling procedure was used to sample the population of the study. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical tool like percentage and presented with the help of tables. This study has found that all kinds of learning strategies were used by the students they were provided in the questionnaire like: listening practice, watching English movies, listening native speech, classroom discussion, preparing their own note, reading textbook, memorizing the meaning of the words, etc. It also has found that the students employed the strategies such as listening to the recorded material and repeating the sound, reading word by word to understand the meaning, noting down the difficult words and asking to the teachers for meaning and pronunciation were used by them for developing their English language. Moreover, 86% of the students were found doing their homework regularly for developing their writing skill as the strategy for developing the writing skill. I have divided this thesis into five chapters. The first chapter deals with the general background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter consists of the review of the related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review of the study conceptual framework for the study. The third chapter deals with the methodology and procedures of the study