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The effects of cultural and educational background on students’ use of language learning strategies in CFL learning

  • Fulan Liu und Zhenhui Rao EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 17. Februar 2023
Applied Linguistics Review
Aus der Zeitschrift Applied Linguistics Review Band 15 Heft 5

Abstract

This study investigated the use of language learning strategies (LLS) by Australian students and East Asian students in Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) learning, and then interpreted the findings from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a questionnaire and semi-structure interview, the researchers found that there were significant differences in strategy use between Australian students and East Asian students. The East Asian students employed more learning strategies associated with working hard and perseverance, whereas the Australian students used more learning strategies related to self-realization. Meanwhile, the strategies used more frequently by the East Asian students were relevant to high acceptance of power and authority, but the strategies used more often by the Australian students were associated with low acceptance of power and authority. Finally, the traditional teaching methods used in East Asian countries resulted in the students’ use of learning strategies concerning analysis of grammatical rules and linguistic details, but the communicative approach employed in Australia helped the students use the strategies leading to improvement of communicative competence and understanding of overall meaning in a text. A deep analysis of these findings shows that the disparities in students’ strategy use could be linked to some cultural and educational factors.

Keywords: CFL students; cultural factors; educational background; language learning strategies
Corresponding author: Zhenhui Rao, Foreign Languages College, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Zi Yang Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330022, P. R. China, E-mail:

Funding source: Jiangxi Degree and Graduate Education Reform Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: JXYJG-2021-051

  1. Research funding: This work was financially supported by the Jiangxi Degree and Graduate Education Reform Project (JXYJG-2021-051).

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Received: 2022-03-19
Accepted: 2023-01-31
Published Online: 2023-02-17
Published in Print: 2024-09-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2022-0033
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
CFL students; cultural factors; educational background; language learning strategies

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