Izyani Binti Mistar P73940 Prof. Dr. Mohamed Amin Embi

 List of Participants  Main Findings 1- Strategy aspect used the most, and the least 2- LLS used by SLL the most 3- LLS used by SLL the least  Limitation of Findings  Main Features of SLL  Pedagogical Implications

NUR ATHILIA BT ABDUL SHUKOR NUR AFIFAH BT AMRAN

WAN NURAINI BT WAN ROSDI NORNASHA MARLISA BT YUSOFF EKANATASHA BT MOHD SHUKRY NURUL FIRZANAH BT MOHD ITHNIN

NOR AFINA BT YAAKOBRUZAINAWATIE A/K RUNI ALYSHA JASMINE BT MOHAMED ALI MIMI NATASHIA BT RAMLI

FARAH SYAZANA BT AHMAD FADZLI BADRUL AMIN BIN ABDUL MALEK AIZZAT HAFIZUDDIN BIN AHMED NASIR MUHAMMAD IKHWAN HAFIFI BIN ABD RAHMAN

 1- Strategy aspect used the most, and the least by SLL  Listening > Reading > Grammar > Vocabulary > Writing > Speaking  Most strategy is Listening and the least strategy is Speaking

 Listening in English poses the biggest challenge and preferences for students  they prefer to employ more strategies for listening other than the other five aspects.  Learning to speak in English is the least preferences for the students  they would not really prefer to speak the language instead of the other five aspects. They might used this skill only in specific time allocated such as during the learning process occur or may be due to they have to speak in English whenever they are meeting their English lecturers.

 2- LLS used by SLL the most  Highest percentage (%) of LLS used by SLL  Listening to the radio and watching TV shows in the language score in between 85% - 95%  Going to the movies and hearing other people speaking in the language score in 70% - 85%

Listening Skill Strategies  Figure 1, 2 and 3, are closely to some extent the most strategies that students regularly do or prefer.  These occurrent suggested that entertainment basis (listen to the radio, watch TV shows, go to movies) played a big role in enhancing students’ credibility in learning the language because up to around 85% to 95% of the students responded to often and sometimes.  Whereas, only 71% of students preferred to hear and listen carefully to people speaking the language as one of the strategies they regularly do.

 3- LLS used by SLL the least  Lowest percentage (%) of LLS used by SLL  Making the sounds and imitating the way native speakers are talking in the language score in only 79%  Saying new expressions over themselves and practicing using new grammar forms in peaking the language score in almost 60%

Speaking Skill Strategies  Figure 5 and 6, show that students make the sounds of the language and imitate the way native speakers talk are strategies that they use at about the same frequency of regularity (79%).  Meanwhile, Figure 7 and 8 show that, less than 65% of students use the strategies of saying new expressions and practice using new grammar forms when talking.  On the other hand, based on the percentage results of the 4 frequent strategies used, it suggests that students tend to try their very best in improving their speaking skill by practicing it independently through listening and imitating other people’s talking or even of what they hear.  However, this strategy resulted to the least used by the students. It is may be due to the time allocation or limitation for the students to speak in the language such as only during the learning process occur or else they just need to speak the language whenever they meet their English lecturers.

Those results are not complete without their limitations. For instance:-  The frequency options may mean something different to each other.  The issue of honesty in responding to the questionnaires which the students might wonder of what their teacher’s expectations.  The results could depend upon how the students interpret the whole questionnaires format.

 Acknowledge and make use of the role of personal interest  Employ an active approach of learning  Make use of a variety of strategies available  Seek help from others (peers or lecturers) to improve the language  Be a risk-takers  Often review and evaluate your own performance  Create and seize every opportunity to practice  Place importance of meaning (integrating the 4 skills)

 Make use of variety of strategies available in learning the language.  Spend more times in reading English materials from vast genres such as newspapers (The Star/ NST), magazines (Reader’s Digest), English movies, TV shows, English songs and many more that incorporate to the students’ interest.  Put more focus on listening skills – challenging and essential in every day life  Promote the speaking in English Language environment- by avoiding the influence of mother tongue in the classroom and thus could help to improve the language learning.