Learning English: Students’ beliefs and learning strategies

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Muhammad Siddique Akbar, Basharat Hussain, Farhan Navid Yousaf, Muhammad Rizwan Safdar

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This study was conducted to uncover the English learning beliefs and strategies of Pakistani students. We theorised that different students adopt different strategies based on the beliefs possessed by them regarding learning a secondary language. In order to find which types of belief Pakistan students possess and which strategies they adopt to learn the English language, we used factor analysis to find out the salient beliefs and strategies.  Correlational analysis was carried out to reveal the relationship among belief factors and strategy factors.Our study has arrived at different finding which is distinctive of Pakistan culture. We found that Pakistani students were frequently employing affective strategies and compensation strategies to learn English language. A strong correlation was found between learners’self-efficacy beliefs, beliefs about difficulty of English language learning and affective strategy. These finding depict the impact of particular social environment and specific cultural practices adopted in different societies regarding learning a second language. 

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