Development and Psychometric Testing of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)

摘要

This report is part of a Language Skill Change Project, a longitudinal research effort to determine the status of skills of Army linguists after formal language training is over. The work described concerns development of a valid and reliable instrument to measure the frequency of use of various second language learning strategies. Findings indicate that key factors in long-term retention are study skills, functional practice, searching for and communicating meaning, formal practice, mnemonics, and fear of using the second language.