Learning Strategies Used by High and Low Achievers in the First Level of English

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2019-01-01

El uso de estrategias de aprendizaje por parte de estudiantes de alto y bajo nivel en el primer nivel de inglés

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High achievers, language achievement, learning strategies, low achievers (en)
aprendizaje del inglés, estrategias de aprendizaje, estudiantes de alto nivel, estudiantes de bajo nivel (es)

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Nahum Samperio

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This study tries to identify the possible differences in the types of strategies and their frequency of use in low and high achievers of English in a language centre in a university in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Data were collected using a mixed-methods research methodology. The sample consists of 27 students with a high score and 30 with a low score on the achievement test. The results show that students in both categories use similar strategies; the difference lies in the frequency of use and how they use the strategies. Finally, from the qualitative data emerges a list of strategies used by high achievers.

Este estudio trata de identificar las posibles diferencias en los tipos de estrategias y su frecuencia de uso en alumnos principiantes de inglés con bajo y alto rendimiento en un centro de idiomas en una universidad en Tijuana, Baja California, México. Se recabaron datos mediante una metodología de investigación de métodos mixtos. La muestra consta de 27 alumnos con una puntuación alta y 30 con una puntuación baja en el examen de conocimientos de inglés. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes en ambas categorías utilizan estrategias similares; la diferencia radica en la frecuencia de uso y cómo utilizan las estrategias. Finalmente, de los datos cualitativos emerge una lista de estrategias que usan los alumnos de alto rendimiento.

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