ERIC Number: EJ1084401
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Publication Date: 2015
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Foreign Language Learning: Strategies in the Context of STEM Education (Estrategias de Aprendizaje de Lenguas Extranjeras en el Contexto de la Educación STEM)
Han, Turgay
GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, n11 p79-102 Jul-Dec 2015
This study aims at providing an insightful evaluation of the EFL strategies used by first-year STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) students, and their perceptions of their own use of strategies. The 147 participants were undergraduate level, first-year engineering students at a state university in Turkey. Their ages ranged from 18 to 24. They took the Young Learners' Language Strategy Use Survey (LSS). In addition, a sub-sample of students was interviewed about the strategies they used in learning language skills. The results showed that the students tended to employ various strategies in learning different language skills, but did not frequently use or practice these strategies. Further, vocabulary strategies and pronunciation skills were believed to be effective in conveying and deciphering meaning. These results suggest that language learning strategy training should be provided in STEM education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, State Universities, Student Surveys, Interviews, Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, Pronunciation, Mixed Methods Research, Statistical Analysis
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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