The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning

Wen-Jye Shyr; Hung-Yun Feng; Li-Wen Zeng; Ying-Ming Hsieh; Chia-Yu Shih

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Wen-Jye Shyr ¹ ^* , Hung-Yun Feng ¹, Li-Wen Zeng ¹, Ying-Ming Hsieh ¹, Chia-Yu Shih ¹

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¹ National Changhua University of Education, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study investigated the relationships between language learning strategies (LLSs) and achievement goal orientations (AGOs) in Taiwanese engineering students taking an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) class. Fifty freshmen from college of technology in university in central Taiwan participated in this study. All of the participants had studied English as a foreign language for more than six years. This study found that, among six categories of language learning strategies, students preferred using social strategies, such as asking for help from others while learning English. Students also frequently employed compensation strategies when presented with unfamiliar English words. Cognitive and affective strategies were the least used. In terms of achievement goal orientations, students employed the mastery-approach and the performance-approach more frequently than mastery-avoidance and performance-avoidance. Finally, a significant correlation was identified between language learning strategies and achievement goal orientations.

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language learning strategies
achievement goal orientations
EFL

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2017, Volume 13, Issue 10, 6431-6443

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Shyr, W.-J., Feng, H.-Y., Zeng, L.-W., Hsieh, Y.-M., & Shih, C.-Y. (2017). The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(10), 6431-6443. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/76660

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Shyr WJ, Feng HY, Zeng LW, Hsieh YM, Shih CY. The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(10):6431-43. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/76660

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Shyr WJ, Feng HY, Zeng LW, Hsieh YM, Shih CY. The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(10), 6431-6443. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/76660

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Shyr, Wen-Jye, Hung-Yun Feng, Li-Wen Zeng, Ying-Ming Hsieh, and Chia-Yu Shih. "The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 10 (2017): 6431-6443. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/76660

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Shyr, W.-J., Feng, H.-Y., Zeng, L.-W., Hsieh, Y.-M., and Shih, C.-Y. (2017). The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(10), pp. 6431-6443. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/76660

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Shyr, Wen-Jye et al. "The Relationship between Language Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations from Taiwanese Engineering Students in EFL Learning". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 10, 2017, pp. 6431-6443. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/76660