http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25
Published : Jun 2018
Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency
The present study has tried to probe the relationship between English language proficiency and the use of language learning strategies. The 450 participants, who were MA English final year/semester students, were taken from 6 different universities of the two provinces (Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) of Pakistan. The 50 item Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) was delivered to all the available and willing students in the class. The data obtained from SILL was analyzed via SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) by calculating the mean values for the three proficiency levels (low, medium and high proficiency). The data analysis revealed that there is a strong relationship between English language proficiency and the use of language learning strategies.
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(1) Akbar Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Aleena Zaman
Graduate Scholar (English), Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Fatima Alam Khan
Independent Researcher (English), Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Ali, A., Zaman, A., & Khan, F. A. (2018). Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency. Global Social Sciences Review, III(II), 439-453. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25
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CHICAGO : Ali, Akbar, Aleena Zaman, and Fatima Alam Khan. 2018. "Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency." Global Social Sciences Review, III (II): 439-453 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25
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HARVARD : ALI, A., ZAMAN, A. & KHAN, F. A. 2018. Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 439-453.
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MHRA : Ali, Akbar, Aleena Zaman, and Fatima Alam Khan. 2018. "Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency." Global Social Sciences Review, III: 439-453
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MLA : Ali, Akbar, Aleena Zaman, and Fatima Alam Khan. "Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency." Global Social Sciences Review, III.II (2018): 439-453 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Akbar, Zaman, Aleena, and Khan, Fatima Alam (2018), "Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency", Global Social Sciences Review, III (II), 439-453
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TURABIAN : Ali, Akbar, Aleena Zaman, and Fatima Alam Khan. "Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. II (2018): 439-453. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25