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The relationship between students’ learning strategies and
speaking performance in English
(an experimental approach)
© N.N. Nikolaeva
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, 105005, Russia
The article presents the results of an experimental research carried out among third and
fourth year students of the technical specializations. It aims at seeking a relationship
between learning strategies employed by the undergraduates and their speaking perfor-
mance. P. Oxford’s taxonomy of language learning strategies and the “Strategy Invento-
ry for Language Learning” (SILL) were used as the bases for the research. The data
were correlated with the overall end-of-the-term/year results of the oral examination. The
results show that some language learning strategies might go in pair with better speaking
performance, but there is much individual variation in this respect. The findings, their
evaluation as well as psycholinguistic interpretation can be used to facilitate the lan-
guage learning process and to boost each student’s learning efficiency.
Keywords:
training methods, speaking performance improvement, the English language,
language learning strategy, Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL).
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