Learning Strategies in instructed Second Language Acquisition
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Department of English Education
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The thesis entitled“Learning Strategies in instructed Second LanguageAcquisition”is an attempt of the researcher to find out the learning strategiesused by second language learners. The main aim of the study is to find out thetechnique used by second language learners. Its further aim is to analyze thestrategies of second language learning. The objective of this research was tofind out the learning strategies used in second language acquisition and to seethe impact of learning strategies in their performance. To meet the objectives ofthe research, fifty English language learners were taken from different schoolswho were acquiring English as a second language. The collected data wereanalyzed using the statically and informal interaction with students andteachers. It was found that memory strategies were used to a great extent,although all kinds of learning strategies were used by students.
I have divided this thesis into four chapters. The first chapter deals with thegeneral background, literature review, objectives and the significance of the study. The second chapter contains the methodology which includes the sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of datacollection, limitations of the study. The third chapter includes the analysis andinterpretation of the data obtained from the field. The last chapter has the findings and recommendations of the study in which some pedagogical implications have been forwarded.