The language learning strategies used by learners studying Arabic and English as foreign languages

الملخص EN

Arabic and English are the foreign languages learnt most in Indonesia.

Therefore, we investigated the students’ inclinations in their learning strategies.

Approximately 70 students from the Arabic and English majors at a university in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, filled in the modified Strategy Inventory for Language Learning questionnaire to obtain data.

The results exposed the English students to employ more strategies than the Arabic students.

From the six strategies, the Arabic students used meta-cognitive most, whilst the English students used meta-cognitive, compensation and social most.

These strategies can be promoted in teaching so students can use them efficiently in language learning.