The Use of Learning Strategies Among Learners of Spanish: an Empirical Study

This paper presents an empirical study focused on the language learning strategies used by 69 students of Spanish at college teaching centers. The objectives of this research were to identify and describe the types of language learning strategies used by the participants. A quantitative methodological profile was applied for this descriptiye exploratory study. The data collection instrument was a Likert-type scale, used in other researches, which was adapted to Spanish. Data analysis was conducted using a descriptive statistical analysis. The results showed that social strategies seemed to be the ones most commonly used, followed by metacognitive and cognitive strategies. Affective and memory strategies proved to be the least used. Additionally, certain features about strategies use were observed, which could be linked to factors, such as gender and nationality, according to previous similar studies.