This research is conducted to investigate language learning strategies used by extrovert and introvert students while learning English. The participants of this study are one extrovert and one introvert student studying in a fully residential school in Perak. A semi structured interview and classroom observations were the methods employed to gather the data for this qualitative study. Based on the interview, the findings of this research reveals that the extrovert language learner preferred to use social strategies in learning English outside the class. However, the introvert language learner was more comfortable employing cognitive strategies in order to learn English outside the classroom. In class, both types of language learners utilized similar types of learning strategies, which are cognitive strategies, due to the nature of the English lesson and task involved. Overall the extrovert utilized more social strategies than the introvert participant while the introvert participant pr.....

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