1.4 Survey on how learners feel about learning strategies Schmitt conducted a survey study to research which vocabulary strategies learners were using, and to ask them how effective they believed those strategies were. The survey was conducted in Japan and 600 subjects were collected. All of the subjects spoke Japanese as an L1, and they had taken or were taking EFL classes. The survey was given to four groups; junior high school students, high school students, university students and adult learners. In each group, there were 150 subjects. The result of the survey was tallied up into the next section. The tables below show the results of Schmitt’s survey. Table 1: Most- and least-used strategies Most-used strategies Rank/40 Discover meaning % Consolidate meaning % 1 2/3 4/5 6 7 8 Bilingual dictionary Guess from textual context Ask classmates for meaning 85 74 73 Verbal repetition Written repetition Study spelling Say new word aloud Take notes in class 76 76 74 69 64 Least-used strategies 36 37 38 39 40 Check for L1 cognate 11 Use physical action Use cognates in study Use semantic maps Teachers check flash Cards for accuracy 13 10 9 3
entre chanter Remember the French words by saying new words aloud several times. été [エテ] 夏 gàteau [ガト] 菓子 dormir [ドルミル] 眠る effacer [エファセ] 消す avant [アヴァン] …より前に en [アン] …に、…へ légume [レギュム] 野菜
rire hiver courir sous pleurer mettre chez Remember the French words by writing them many times. (Use the blanks) cadeau [カド] プレゼント noix [ヌワ] 胡桃 selon [スロン] …に従って rire [リル] 笑う hiver [イヴェル] 冬 courir [クゥリル] 走る
sous [スゥ] …の下に pleurer [プルレ] 泣く mettre [メットル] 置く chez [シェ] …の家に(で) TEST 1: Write the Japanese words in French. Example: いちご → fraise 置く → 胡桃 → プレゼント → 冬 →
par [パル] …を通って (英 : through) e.g. entrer par le jardin (enter through the garden) 「庭から入る」 TEST 1: Write the Japanese words in French. Example: いちご → fraise …のあとに、…の後で → 春 → 読む → 太陽 → …の外に、…の外で → 稼ぐ →
友達 → …を通って → 飲む → 連れて行く → TEST 2: Write the Japanese for these French words. Example: fraise → いちご après → soleil → gagner → lire → camarade → par →
B1 0 4.5 6 0 2 B2 0 3.5 6.5 0 0 B3 1 3 5 1 1 B4 0 3 6 0 0 B5 0 3.5 7 0.5 3 B6 0 3.5 5 1 3 B7 1 3 6 0.5 4 Average score 0.29 3.43 5.93 0.43 1.86 s.d 0.49 0.53 0.73 0.45 1.57 Test C (writing) Delay test C Pretest Productive Receptive Productive Receptive C1 0 7.5 10 0 1 C2 0 4 6 0 2 C3 0 7.5 8 0 1 C4 0 10 10 3 4 C5 0 7.5 5 0 0 C6 0 2 4 0 0 C7 0 2.5 5 0 2 Average score 0.00 5.86 6.86 0.43 1.43 s.d 0.00 3.02 2.48 1.13 1.40 Test D (dictonary) Delay test D Pretest Productive Receptive Productive Receptive D1 0 5.5 10 1.5 6 D2 0 5.5 8 0 3 D3 0 0.5 8 0 1
D4 1 5 8 0.5 1 D5 1 4 9 2 4 D6 0 2 6 0 3 D7 0 3 3 1 1 Average score 0.29 3.64 7.43 0.71 2.71 s.d 0.49 1.91 2.30 0.81 1.89 Appendix 3: The result of the immediate test focusing on parts of speeches productive (immediate test) receptive (immediate test) verb noun preposition verb noun preposition A1 4 3 2.5 3 3 3 A2 2.5 2 2 4 3 2 A3 3.5 2.5 1 4 3 3 A4 4 2 3 4 3 3 A5 1.5 1.5 2.5 4 3 3 A6 1.5 1.5 2 4 2 3 A7 2 0.5 2 4 3 2 Average score 2.71 1.86 2.14 3.9 2.9 2.7 s.d 1.11 0.80 0.63 0.38 0.38 0.49 productive (immediate test) receptive (immediate test) verb noun preposition verb noun preposition B1 2 1.5 1 2 3 1 B2 1 1 1.5 3 2 1.5 B3 1 2 0 2 2 1