A report of the survey conducted on how best can one be a language learner

1. Group Members
Larina Fernandez
Vysakh R
Nazrin Shihab
Narendra Dhaka

2.  A group of 14 students learning Spanish,
either as their core subject or as an
optional subject, were interviewed on
the strategies they adopted to learn their
foreign language.
 The following slides show the general
pattern of adoption of these strategies
among the interviewed group.

3. Distribution of strategies
Number of Students Strat 1: Watching
Movies
12 Strat 2: Combine
Study
10
Strat 3: Reading
Books
Strat 4: Attending
extra classes
7
Strat 5: Attempting
6 6
to write in Spanish
Strat 6: Working as
4 a translator
3 Strat 7: Learning
from an online
source
Strat 1 Strat 2 Strat 3 Strat 4 Strat 5 Strat 6 Strat 7

4.  It is evident from the previous graph that
watching Spanish movies is the most
used strategy among the students as
twelve out of the fourteen respondents
enlisted it as one of their strategies.
 The second most favourite strategy used
is combined study with friends followed
by learning from an online resource, the
number of responses for which were ten
and seven respectively.

5.  Attending extra classes and attempting
to write in Spanish had the same number
of responses, six
 Reading books and working as a
translator were the least sought after
strategies, with four and three responses
respectively.

6.  Watching movies and combined studies
being the most used strategies by
Spanish students maybe due to their
relative ease. Given the environmental
factors at EFL-U, these are two highly
accessible and feasible strategies that
any student can adopt.
 Ease of access also forms the reason as
to why online resources follow the above
two strategies in the list.

7.  Attending extra classes and attempting
to write in Spanish were adopted by a
comparatively lesser number of
respondents as these are the strategies
used by more meticulous students.
 The least number of respondents opted
for reading Spanish books and working
as translators owing to the level of
expertise required to implement these
strategies.

8.  Being introduced to a foreign language
broadens our perspectives and
opportunities. The teacher also plays a
very prominent role in enhancing
language skills.
 Whether the learning becomes a fun-
filled experience of a tiresome one
depends on the measures adopted by
the students and the teacher.