The Ministry of Education Malaysia has highlighted 4 skills in acquiring the English language namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. While the other skills soar in students’ acquisition of the language, it appears that students do not perform as well in their speaking as compared to the other skills. This study aimed to find out the extent of metacognitive and social language learning strategies in improving speaking skills among students. The study was carried out in two secondary schools in Kuching, Sarawak. A total of 85 students from upper secondary; Form 4 and Form 5, were chosen as respondents. A Likert style questionnaire based on the adaptation from Language Strategy Used Inventory and SILL was sent to the students in the form of Google Form to obtain the data needed. Findings revealed that students did employ both metacognitive and social strategies in order to improve their speaking. Hence, proving both strategies mentioned were exploited well by students in acquiring the targeted language.
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To Cite this Article: Micheal, N., Sanmugavelan, R., Jan, T. P., Mei, K. L., Hashim, H. (2022). The Use of Metacognitive and Social Language Learning Strategies in Improving Speaking Skills among Upper Secondary Students. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 12(6), 321–333.
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