Metaphysic Strategy: A Continuity In Exploration Of MainDomain In Language Learning Strategy

The existence of the distinct typologies suggests the lack of a consensus for describinginventories and taxonomies of language learning strategies (LLS). There is no doubt thatsome arguments about present taxonomies still persist among researchers and somedomains did not discover yet. This paper describes a preliminary study designed toexplore and develop metaphysic strategy as a new subcategory in the classificationsystems of LLS. Based on an extensive literature review, items in the metaphysicsubcategory questionnaire were developed. The internal consistency reliability asmeasured by Cronbach’s Alpha for the metaphysic strategy was 0.805. A total of 460students from 13 Religious Secondary Schools in Terengganu participated in this study.The results showed that the metaphysic strategies were the next most frequently usedafter compensation strategies. The results also indicate that metaphysic strategies wereamong the most frequently used based on language proficiency and motivation level. Thefindings have contributed to providing a well-defined framework for further studies onmetaphysic strategies and on factors affecting the choice of LLS.