Language Learning Strategies Use The Case Of High And Low Achievers At Mekelle College Of Teacher Education

This study was conducted with the main purpose of investigating the language learningrnstrategies use of high and low achievers. In order to investigate the above, a large andrnrepresentative sample was chosen from Mekelle College of Teacher Education. The samplerntaken for the analysis comprised 44 2nd year language department students and all of theirrnEnglish language teachers (N=4). The necessary data was collected using quantitative andrnqualitative instruments such as self-rating questionnaire, interviews, and classroomrnobservations. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 1.14 while qualitative datarnwere treated qualitatively. The findings showed that higher levels of use of language learningrnstrategies were found among most of the high achievers than that of the low achievers. Fromrnthe six main language learning strategies, metacognitive strategies were found to be the mostrnpopular by both achievement groups, but with different frequency levels. That is high achieversrnuse metacognitive strategies with high frequency range while low achievers use themrnmoderately. With both achievement levels, there was a significant difference in the overallrnmean strategies. The study also found that there was a significant positive correlation betweenrnthe overall scores of language learning strategies and the scores of English achievements.rnFinally, the findings show that students should be made aware of the broad range strategyrnoptions available to them.

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