Grammar Test Items and EFL Learners’ Use of Grammar Learning Strategies

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Grammar Test Items and EFL Learners’ Use of Grammar Learning Strategies 영어 문법 시험 문항과 EFL 학습자의 문법 학습전략 사용: 이상희¹, 정양수^2*
Lee, Sanghee¹, Jung, Yangsoo^2*; ¹공주대학교
²충남대학교

¹Kongju National University
²Chungnam National University

30 November 2022. pp. 275-290

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Abstract

This study investigated differences in the use of grammar learning strategies among EFL learners’ with varying proficiency levels according to grammatical test item. The meditating effect of indirect strategies on direct strategies and grammar proficiency was also examined. Data were analyzed from 178 respondents to a closed-question survey of grammar learning strategies. Test items referred to in the survey were classified into four grammatical units: words, verb phrases, verbal phrases, and clauses. The findings can be summarized as follows: (1) There is a significant difference by level in the use of direct strategies; (2) at higher levels of proficiency, metacognitive strategies have a significant influence on proficiency; and (3) at higher levels, metacognitive strategies have a mediating effect on direct strategies and grammar proficiency in the area of verb phrases. Pedagogical implications of the findings are subsequently presented.

Keywords

grammar learning strategies

test items

correlation

meta-cognitive

mediating effects

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Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
Volume : 38
No :3
Pages :275-290
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.38.3.202211.275

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[27] Tilfarlioglu, F. Y. 2005. An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Use of Grammar Learning Strategies and Student Achievement at English Preparatory Classes. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 1.2, 155-169.

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