Language learning strategies in learning English as a foreign language

Abstract

The changes that the educational system has undergone in recent times conditioned a new perspective on the role of a teacher and a learner. The teacher no more presents encyclopaedic information, but equip the pupils with such skills and abilities that make the process of becoming more independent and successful easier. The main aim of the thesis called ?Language Learning Strategies in Learning English as a Foreign Language? was to elicit what language learning strategies the pupils use when learning English. The theoretical part deals with a description of the Framework Education Programme for Primary Education from the viewpoint of competence to learn. Identification of learning theories which leads to better recognition of the systems of language learning strategies and the issue of language learning strategies from the viewpoint of their definition, classification, identification are discussed. The concept of the pupils´ autonomy is presented as well. The practical part focuses on the data analyses obtained from the research. This is based on the analysis of the School Education Programme from the point of view of learning language strategies. The results of the data based on the pupils´ questionnaires and interviews with their teachers are exposed as well.