Second-language learners in Malaysia are exposed to a range of teaching approaches. Some researchers agreed that young learners seem to employ cognitive, social, and compensation more frequently as their language learning strategies. Therefore, this research was conducted among 30 Year 4 primary school pupils from two primary schools in Negeri Sembilan and Pahang, Malaysia. A set of questionnaires was used to solve concerns about pupils' language learning strategies, specifically focusing on cognitive, social and compensation learning strategies. The findings showed that the pupils' most frequent language learning strategy was the social language learning strategy compared to the cognitive and compensation learning strategy. Thus, these findings help primary school language teachers as a useful reference for the teaching and learning techniques and ensure the strategies used suit learners’ language learning strategies.
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