Learning Strategies Used by English Students at Intermediate Level

Abstract

The present study entitled “Learning strategies used by the students of higher secondary level” aimed to find out the learning strategies used by the students of higher secondary level while learning English language. The study was carried out by using both primary and secondary sources of data. She used a set of questionnaire as a tool for data collection. Data were collected from 80 students who were studying at intermediate level. The researcher applied non-random purposive sampling procedure to select colleges and simple random sampling procedure to select the respondents. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical tool like percentage and presented with the help of tables. It was found that although all kinds of learning strategies were used by the students, cognitive strategies were used to a great extent. The study consists of four chapters. Chapter one is an introductory one. It consists of general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significance of the study and definition of specific terms. Chapter two deals with the methodology which includes sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three encompasses analysis and interpretation of the data elicited. Chapter four incorporates findings and recommendations for pedagogical implication after the analysis and interpretation of the data. The reference and appendices form the concluding part of the thesis.