Learning to speak German: an investigation of the language learning strategies associated with the achievement of higher levels of oral proficiency in German among second year university students

Abstract

This paper presents a study designed to identify the language learning strategies associated with the achievement of higher levels of oral proficiency in German for one hundred Irish, third level students. The study also investigates the way in which learners achieving higher levels of proficiency use these strategies.

Keywords

• German language teaching
• university language teaching
• language learning strategies
• oral proficiency