Learning Strategies Used by Grade Ten Students

Abstract

The present survey study entitled ‘‘Learning Strategies Used by Grade Ten Students’’ is an attempt to identify the learning strategies used by grade ten students while learning English language. The primary data were collected from forty students of four schools of Barahakshetra Municipality of Sunsari district who were studying in grade ten. The researcher used simple random sampling procedure to select the respondents. The researcher used a set of questionnaire consisting of both close-ended and open-ended questions only for the students as the tool for data collection. The data were analyzed and interpreted descriptively and statistically and presented with the help of tables. From the analysis and interpretation of data, it was found that all types of learning strategies viz cognitive, metacognitive and socio affective strategies we reused by the students of grade ten in a greater or lesser extent. However, they adopted cognitive strategies to a great extent in comparison to metacognitive and socio affective strategies while learning English language. Similarly, it was found that,students used textbook, guess papers and notes extensively, consulted old questions regularly and took tuition and coaching classes for the preparation of secondary education examination (SEE). This study encompasses five chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction which includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, and operational definitions of key terms. The second chapter deals with review of related literature including classification and importance of language learning strategies, review of empirical literature, implication of review and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapteris related to the methods and procedures of the study including research design,population, sample and sampling procedures, data collection tools and procedures,data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical consideration. The fourth chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of data which includes analysis and interpretation of results and summary of the findings. The last chapter is about the conclusion and recommendation of the research. Recommendation has been further divided in to policy level, practice level and further research area. Besides main chapters,the supportive materials such as reference, list of tables, abbreviation and appendices have been incorporated.