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Comparing Theories of Language Learning Strategies: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
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Hsiao, Tsung-Yuan; Oxford, Rebecca – Modern Language Journal, 2002
Compared classification theories of language learning strategies. Results from confirmatory factor analysis of data measured by the English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language (ESL/EFL) version of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning and collected from 517 college EFL learners are discussed. Suggests other possible approaches to strategy…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Effects of Sex Differences, Career Choice, and Psychological Type on Adult Language Learning Strategies.
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Ehrman, Madeline; Oxford, Rebecca – Modern Language Journal, 1988
An exploratory study of the effects of sex differences, career choice, cognitive style, and personality characteristics on the effectiveness of language learning strategies for adult learners indicated that these variables affect learners' levels of strategy use and had implications for language teaching and student counseling. (CB)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Choice, Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies
Variables Affecting Choice of Language Learning Strategies by University Students.
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Oxford, Rebecca; Nyikos, Martha – Modern Language Journal, 1989
Discusses variables affecting the choice of learning strategies used by university foreign-language students (n=1,200). Research questions address the kind of strategies university foreign-language students report using and what variables influence the use of these strategies. (64 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
A Factor Analytic Study of Language-Learning Strategy Use: Interpretations from Information-Processing Theory and Social Psychology.
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Nyikos, Martha; Oxford, Rebecca – Modern Language Journal, 1993
A study used factor analysis to categorize and describe learning strategies in 1,200 university students. Results are reported from the perspectives of information processing theory and social psychology, and specific implications for classroom practice are discussed. (44 references) (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Factor Analysis
Adult Language Learning Styles and Strategies in an Intensive Training Setting.
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Ehrman, Madeline; Oxford, Rebecca – Modern Language Journal, 1990
Reviews research on language-learning styles and strategies, and explains regularities in the preferred learning strategies associated with each of the 8 psychological type preferences. Also described are how all of these characteristics of psychological type, in various combinations, were expressed by 20 real learners at the Foreign Service…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Language Research, Learning Strategies
Research on Language Learning Strategies: Methods, Findings, and Instructional Issues.
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Oxford, Rebecca; Crookall, David – Modern Language Journal, 1989
Surveys research on formal and informal second-language learning strategies, covering the effectiveness of research methods involving making lists, interviews and thinking aloud, note-taking, diaries, surveys, and training. Suggestions for future and improved research are presented. (131 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Language Research, Learning Strategies, Research Methodology, Research Opportunities
Language Learning Motivation: Expanding the Theoretical Framework.
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Oxford, Rebecca; Shearin, Jill – Modern Language Journal, 1994
Several ways to extend the notion of second-language (L2) learning motivation are discussed. The motivational materials and techniques considered are well known in the fields of general, industrial, educational, and cognitive developmental psychology but have not been applied to the L2 field. (Contains 98 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Theories, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Acquisition