English Learning Strategies and Their Relation to Self-Efficacy, Attitude and Language competence among Female Secondary School Students in Buraidah

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the profile of Language Learning Strategies used among female secondary school students learning English as a foreign language in Buraidah and the relation between English language leaning strategies and self-efficacy, attitude and language proficiency. The participants were (1924) female students’ secondary schools in Buraidah. The result indicated that the Participants use strategies at a moderate level (2.98), metacognitive strategies were the most frequently used among the six strategies followed by compensatory strategies, social strategies, memory strategies, cognitive strategies and affective strategies respectively. There is statistically significant positive correlation between total scores of strategies and total scores of English self-efficacy, attitude towards English, English language proficiency.