İngilizce Öğrenen Suriyeli Öğrencilerin Kullandığı Dil Bilgisi Öğrenme Stratejileri

Abstract

Learning grammar is not an easy task for many English language learners. Learning grammar might be easier for those students if they are exposed to explicit grammar learning strategies. Research have shown that using grammar learning strategies help students to learn language easily and contribute to language learning process. The aim of this study is to elicit the learning strategies that are employed by Syrian students in learning English. Quantitative research method was used in collecting the data of the research. The data of the research was gathered through a questionnaire from 36 Syrian students studying in Syrian schools in Istanbul, Turkey. The outcomes revealed that the students are aware of the importance of using different types of learning strategies when they learn grammar structures in the process of language learning. More specifically, the findings of the present study revealed that the most frequently used grammar learning strategies by the majority of the learners are respectively: elaboration and association with previous knowledge to represent information; analyzing the components of the target language with components of the first language to identify the differences and the similarities; breaking down the new structure into parts to understand the whole expression; using the information to predict the meaning to fill the gap; to ask a teacher of English to repeat and/or further explanation; taking notes; highlighting; using resource materials; practicing by writing new sentences using the new structures and self-monitoring. The least used grammar-learning strategies are: peer-to-peer co-operation; reviewing the newly learnt grammar structures; practicing at home; visualization and taking risks.