Language Learning Strategies of High-Achieving Libyan EFL Undergraduates in Gasser Bin Ghesheer Faculty of Education

Résumé

Successful language learning correlates with applying successful learning strategies. Therefore, this quantitative research explores the language learning strategies employed by high-achieving Libyan EFL undergraduates in the faculty of education in Gasser Bin Ghesheer. The data collection instruments are; a background questionnaire and STRATEGY INVENTORY FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING (SILL) questionnaire developed by Oxford (1989). Data analysis involved descriptive statistics using SPSS software. The sample consisted of 22 high-achieving adult learners (6 males and 16 females) within the English Language Department at the Faculty of Education, Gasser bin Ghasheer, Libya. The study concludes that the sample are medium users of language learning strategies with focus on the use of meta-cognitive strategies. The findings contribute to understanding effective language learning strategies in a specific context and offer valuable insights for strategy training and enhancing language acquisition outcomes.