Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ518095
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Publication Date: 1995
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Adults' Language Learning Strategies in an Intensive Foreign Language Program in the United States.
Oxford, Rebecca L.; Ehrman, Madeline E.
System, v23 n3 p359-86 Aug 1995
This study examined the relationship between language learning strategies and factors such as proficiency, teacher perceptions, gender, aptitude, learning style, personality, and motivation among 520 adults studying various languages at the Foreign Service Institute. It found a low but significant relationship between cognitive strategy use and speaking proficiency. Other results are discussed. Contains 116 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Age Differences, Anxiety, Cultural Influences, Influences, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Learning Strategies, Personality, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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