Examining the Correlation between the Use of Grammar Learning Strategies and English Learning Achievements
This study explored the use of English grammar learningstrategies by the 9th grade students of a junior high school in central China.It also examined the correlation between students'strategy use and their overall language proficiency and explicit and implicit knowledge of a specific grammatical structure.The results from grammar learning strategy inventory,learners'overall language proficiency test,explicit and implicit knowledge test and structured interview revealed that(1)overall,these students used their grammar learning strategies at a moderate frequency,specifically the high-frequency strategies in order were those used in communicative activities,those for dealing with corrective feedback,social strategies,and metacognitive strategies;while the use of strategies in enhancing explicit and implicit knowledge,as well as the use of affective strategies,were at a moderate level;(2)there was a strong significant positive correlation between grammar learning strategies and students'overall proficiency;(3)there were weak significant positive correlations between grammar learning strategies and learners'explicit and implicit knowledge of a specific grammatical structure,but the correlation with explicit knowledge was stronger than that with implicit knowledge.
grammar learning strategiesEnglish learning achievementoverall language proficiencyexplicit knowledgeimplicit knowledge
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