Strategies of More and Less Successful Bai High School EFL Learners

This study airm to explore the choice of language learning strategies between more and lesssuccessful Bai high school EFL learners for whom English is learned as a third language. Sixteen Bai EFLlearners were involved in the current study. A background questionnaire and the Oxford‘ s SILL Question-naire were administered to the participants, and semi - structured interviews were conducted. The reported data indicate that successful learners employed more strategies than less successful ones did andnitive strategies best predicted learning success. Individual strategies used by both successful and lesssuccessful Bai EFL learners were outlined and discussed. The paper concludes with implications of the studyand recommendations for the extension of research in this area.

Strategies of More and Less Successful Bai High School EFL Learners

This study aims to explore the choice of language learning strategies between more and lesssuccessful Bai high school EFL learners for whom English is learned as a third language. Sixteen Bai EFLlearners were involved in the current study. A background questionnaire and the Oxford's SILL Question-naire were administered to the participants, and semi - structured interviews were conducted. The reporteddata indicate that successful learners employed more strategies than less successful ones did and metacog-nitive strategies best predicted learning success. Individual strategies used by both successful and lesssuccessful Bai EFL learners were outlined and discussed. The paper concludes with implications of the studyand recommendations for the extension of research in this area.