The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners Self-Regulation Strategies Use and Years of Study

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between self-regulation strategies use of EFL learners and their years of study. To this end, 122 male and female undergraduate students were selected through convenience sampling. The instrument included Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ); it was developed by Pintrich and Digrot (1990) with 22 Likert-scale items. Descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviations were computed for the data obtained from the MSLQ. Chi-square test was run to examine the relationship between the variables of the study. The findings revealed that there was no relationship between self-regulation strategies use and year of study. The findings of the study can benefit instructors, material developers, and curriculum designers.