This document discusses factors that affect language learning strategies, including gender, motivation, experiences learning a language, learning style, and proficiency level. Several studies are cited that found females engage with language learning strategies more than males, motivation and attitude are important to effective individual learning, studying abroad has a positive impact on learning style and ability, high proficiency learners use more strategies than intermediate learners, learning style preferences impact the types of strategies used, and proficiency level correlates with increased use of direct and indirect strategies.