Learning Strategies Adopted by Grade Eight STudents in Community-Aided Schools

Abstract

The present study entitled"Learning Strategies Adopted By Grade Eight Students inCommunity-Aided Schools” aimed to find out the learning strategies used by gradeeight students of community-aided schools to learn the English language. For this, theresearcher applied both primary and secondary sources of data. She used two sets ofquestionnaire (i.e., one for students and another for teachers) and observation form fordata collection. The data were collected from 80 students, four teachers and classobservation of 210 students. The researcher applied random sampling procedure toselect the schools and students but non-random purposive sampling procedure to selectteachers. On the basis of the collected data, the strategies adopted by Grade Eightstudents were determined using simple statistical tool, i.e., percentage. It was found thatstudents were not aware about learning strategies to learn the English language,however, they were found using cognitive strategies a lot. Largely students depended onteachers and textbooks to learn the English language. The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one is introductory chapter. It includesgeneral background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significanceof the study and definition of the specific terms. Chapter two deals with themethodology. It incorporates sources of data, population of the study, samplingprocedures, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of thestudy. Chapter three encompasses analysis and interpretation of data. In this section,both statistical and descriptive approaches have been used. Chapter four incorporatesfindings and recommendations of the research. The references and appendices form theconcluding part of the thesis.