ERIC Number: EJ968532
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0957-1736
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Gender and Language Learning Strategies: Looking beyond the Categories
Liyanage, Indika; Bartlett, Brendan John
Language Learning Journal, v40 n2 p237-253 2012
Research on language learning strategies (LLS) has pointed to a significant association at a general level between learners' gender and their choice of LLS. To explore this generality further, we conducted a study on gender and strategy use with Sri Lankan learners (N = 886) of English as a second language (ESL) in five different learning contexts: speaking in class, listening in class, listening and speaking outside class, reading in class and writing in class. We found that when preferences for individual strategies were considered rather than for strategies in some broadly categorised group such as cognitive, metacognitive or affective strategies, some preferences did not associate with gender; nevertheless, some strategies were clearly preferred by males while others were clearly preferred by females. Perhaps most importantly for teacher development, we found that there were distinct preferences for males and females depending on the learning contexts in which specific strategies were reportedly being utilised. (Contains 1 note and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Speech Communication, English (Second Language), Learning Strategies, Gender Differences, Second Language Learning, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Listening, Reading, Writing (Composition), Classification, Metacognition, Affective Behavior, High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sri Lanka
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