Strategies in young learners: A study case

Abstract

Strategies are a determining factor when learning a language. Current studies do not show how new, young students learn in different learning situations. The objective of this study is to analyse which strategies student think they use in learning a language and verify how all the variables are related. The research was conducted on a case study of 70 students aged between 13 and 17 (Canary Islands, Spain), who were also asked to fill in their personal information in Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) questionnaire (1990). The results show a trend in the use of strategies and the relations between them. This article is a contribution to the research into the linguistics applied in secondary education.