The relationship of English proficiency and socioeconomic status with the choice of language learning strategies among EFL students of Cenderawasih University Papua

Language Learning Strategies (LLSs) have gained great importance in ESL/EFL learning context. They are among the main factors such as motivation, intelligence, aptitude, personality traits, context and so forth that help determine students’ language learning. The correlation of those strategies employed by the students with other variables such as gender, proficiency level, belief, motivation, socioeconomic status, and course performance becomes the focus in the field of Second Language Acquisition research. Studies have shown the importance of LLSs in making language learning more efficient, producing a positive effect on learners’ language use, and improving proficiency or achievement overall or in specific skill areas (Chamot & Kupper 1989, Oxford 2003).