Language Learning Strategy Insturction With English Majors: A Study In The Chinese Context

The present study, consisting of two researches, has investigated the relationship between the language learning strategy use and the success of English study for English majors in China. The first research has investigated whether the Chinese English majors have difficulties or problems in using appropriate language learning strategies when learning English; and the second research has explored whether there is a difference in the language learning strategy use between the high TEM-4 (Test for English Majors, Grade Four) score achievers and the low TEM-4 score achievers.The dissertation comprises seven chapters. Chapter One provides both a background and a context for the study. English education for English majors in China and the test of TEM-4 are introduced as important fundamental background information. The objectives and expected outcome of the present study are also introduced to provide a panorama for the whole study.Chapter Two presents a review of related literature and researches on language learning strategies and language learning strategy instruction to locate the present study in the research area of language learning strategies and language learning strategy instruction. Twelve most influential definitions of language learning strategies are introduced and discussed, and five main characteristics of language learning strategies are summarized. The researcher also investigates five taxonomies of language learning strategies and probes into the researches on language learning strategy instruction in the same chapter.Chapter Three makes a brief review of the five most commonly used research methodologies for language learning strategy researches, which helps to form the research questions and research methods of the present study.Chapter Four reports the research in the SISU (Shanghai International Studies...