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Strategies In Learning Japanese As A Second Language In Secondary School, Sharon Gay Ainsworth
Strategies In Learning Japanese As A Second Language In Secondary School, Sharon Gay Ainsworth
Theses : Honours
Strategies used by learners of Japanese as a second language were examined. A total of 26 students, seven male and seven female students in Year 8 and six male and six female students in Year 11 in secondary education from two single sex schools were surveyed to investigate preferred language learning strategies. The instrument used was the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (Oxford 1990). Six language learning strategy categories were used to classify sample responses. Subjects were also interviewed individually to find out what strategies they used in classroom and non-classroom settings. Students maintained a diary for a six week …
Prose Fiction Preferences Of Lower Secondary Urban Aboriginal Boys, Stephen James White
Prose Fiction Preferences Of Lower Secondary Urban Aboriginal Boys, Stephen James White
Theses : Honours
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prose fiction preferences of lower secondary urban Aboriginal boys. The Likert scale scores from the 2 x 4 factorial design were analysed using an ANOVA test of significance. It was found that the research group significantly preferred action genres to non-action genres, Aboriginal characterisations to white Australian characterisations, and contemporary story extracts to traditional story extracts.