Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by EFL Students at Ajloun National University

Abstract

Abstract

Learning vocabulary is considered as an essential part when communicating in second or foreign language. It is one of the most challenging factors that our students will face during the process of language learning. The present research paper aims at exploring the vocabulary language strategies among Jordanian EFL students majoring in Teaching English as a foreign Language at Ajloun National University. There are different categories of vocabulary learning strategies determination, social, memory, cognitive, note taking and metacognitive strategies. Many EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners reading are a ’s uffocating slow process?. One reason cited and most often experienced by these learners is their lack of vocabulary knowledge. Quantitative research design has been used in this study by providing a set of questionnaire adopted from subon (2013). This questionnaire was given out to 20 participants at the department of English language and literature. The findings of this research hope to help all educators to acknowledge the type of vocabulary strategies used by learners in acquiring English language. The result revealed that the strategies most often used by the EFL learners in this study were memorization (in terms of mental images), dictionary strategies, linguistic clues, the pronunciation of a new word, textbook, and the grammatical patterns of a new word. However, the least used strategy discovered is using the newly learned words in speaking and writing, making up their own sentences using words, remembering the Arabic equivalent of the word, making plans for their vocabulary learning, repeating a new word, reviewing the vocabulary regularly and Guessing strategy.