The Influence of Staying Abroad on Learning Strategies: Do Short-Stay Programs in English Speaking Countries Affect Students' Language Learning Strategy Use?

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  • 英語圏滞在が英語学習ストラテジーに及ぼす影響 : 短期海外研修は英語学習ストラテジーを向上させるか
  • エイゴケン タイザイ ガ エイゴ ガクシュウ ストラテジー ニ オヨボス エイキョウ タンキ カイガイ ケンシュウ ワ エイゴ ガクシュウ ストラテジー オ コウジョウサセルカ

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Learning strategies are said to be steps taken by learners to enhance their own learning, and better learners are said to use wider range of learning strategies. This study was conducted to see if a three-week stay in an English speaking country affects the range of appropriate language learning strategy use by students. Oxford's "Strategy Inventory for Language learning (SILL)" was used to verify this question, and the collected data was statistically analyzed. As a result, a group of 19 students who participated in the three-week homestay program in New Zealand showed significantly higher use of language learning strategies compared to a group of 24 students who didn't take part in the program, despite the fact that both groups had been statistically same in the aspect of learning strategy use before the program was conducted. This tendency of program participants was confirmed to continue even seven weeks after the completion of the homestay program. At the same time, it was found that the students of both groups had a tendency to use compensation strategies significantly more than memory strategies and affection strategies.

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