Language learning strategies in the 21st century : the effects of training learners in using reading and writing strategies through a CALL methodology

النوع : Mémoire

The main goal of Language Learning Strategies (LLSs), together with Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), is learner autonomy and learner empowerment. Therefore, this study uses LLSs trained through a CALL methodology as a vehicle towards these two objectives. Students were trained in developing strategies for efficient and pleasurable learning and equipped with tools that will help them learn on their own. The participants were 24 secondary level girls, learning English as a foreign language in Lebanon. These learners were trained in using LLSs through a CALL methodology. Two questionnaires, an interview, pre/post-tasks and a diary were the methods used to collect data from the learners. The study aimed to investigate the patterns of strategy use employed by the participants as well as the effects of training learners into using LLSs through a CALL methodology on their motivation levels and their perception of proficiency levels. Analysis of the data showed significant increases in the learners’ perceptions of proficiency levels, especially in the writing skill. In addition, motivational gains were reported in the results of both the qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting data.