- Tytuł:
- Gender-based Differences in EFL Learners Language Learning Strategies and Productive Vocabulary
- Autorzy:
- Montero-SaizAja, Alejandra
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1371435.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021-07-09
- Wydawca:
- Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
- Tematy:
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gender-differences
language learning strategies
productive vocabulary
EFL learners
second year of Spanish non-compulsory Secondary Education - Opis:
- Gender is a key factor in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), where its impact on language learning strategies (Aslan, 2009; Oxford & Nyikos, 1989; Sumarni & Rachmawaty, 2019) and productive vocabulary (Canga Alonso & Arribas García, 2014; Fleckenstein, 2018; Jiménez Catalán & Moreno Espinosa, 2004) has been investigated. However, to our knowledge, there is a lack of research of gender on language learning strategies in relation to productive vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The present study aimed to pursue three objectives. The first one was to ascertain whether males or females employed more language learning strategies. The second objective was to determine whether males or females had more productive vocabulary. Finally, the third objective was to investigate whether there was a statistically significant relationship between language learning strategies and productive vocabulary. The sample consisted of 51 EFL learners (20 males and 31 females) at the second year of Spanish non-compulsory Secondary Education (equivalent to 12th grade). The Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) questionnaire (Oxford, 1990) and the Productive Vocabulary Levels Test (PVLT) (Laufer & Nation, 1995, 1999) were the instruments employed in order to measure informants’ language learning strategies and productive vocabulary respectively. Afterwards, students’ answers were processed electronically and analyzed quantitatively. Results revealed that females use language learning strategies significantly more than males, but there were not statistically significant differences between them regarding productive vocabulary. Moreover, a positive correlation was found between language learning strategies and productive vocabulary.
- Źródło:
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Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition; 2021, 7, 2; 83-107
2450-5455
2451-2125 - Pojawia się w:
- Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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