An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Vocabulary Learning Strategies on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Test Score

Rahimy, Ramin; Shams, Kiana

doi:10.5539/ies.v5n5p141

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“…Matching words with their synonyms yielded a mean score of 7.900, which is also relatively low compared with the three previously mentioned skills. These findings are consistent with Rahimy and Shams's (2012) study, which revealed a significant effect of vocabulary learning strategies on EFL learners' performance in a vocabulary.…”

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The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Developing Palestinian Students' Vocabulary, its Retention and their Attitudes towards Learning English

Rahim¹,

Abdelwahab²

2018

jtte

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This study addressed teaching English vocabulary as a foreign language to students in Palestine and their attitudes towards learning English. The study problem lied in the fact that Palestinian EFL learners face a big difficulty in learning English vocabulary and in forgetting the vocabulary they are exposed to in the classroom and showing an aversion towards learning English. The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of vocabulary learning strategies in developing vocabulary and its retention, and in enhancing the students' attitudes towards learning English. The study results concluded that vocabulary learning strategies contributed effectively in developing the students' vocabulary and enabled them to retain it for a long time. The study findings also indicated that using vocabulary learning strategies helped students possess positive attitudes towards learning English language.

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The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Developing Palestinian Students' Vocabulary, its Retention and their Attitudes towards Learning English

Rahim¹,

Abdelwahab²

2018

jtte

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“…Likewise, the main concern of Ostovar-Namaghi's MA thesis (2013) was to investigate the effect of strategy training on the vocabulary development of EFL Learners in public high schools of Iran. Similar to the conclusion drawn by Rahimy and Shams (2012), the results were better for the group that got vocabulary strategy training over the group that learned vocabulary through prescribed by textbook activities Interestingly, the current study's findings reveal the connection between the mode of teaching and the students' use of LLSs. The data from the second and third questions show that students in the explicitly trained group used memory and cognitive strategies more than the trained one.…”

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confidence: 84%

The Effect of Different Approaches to Learning Strategy Instruction on Vocabulary Development by EFL learners

Nshiwi

2020

IRJE

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This research falls within the area of teaching English as a foreign language (FL). It focuses on the short-term effects of memory and cognitive strategies on learning vocabulary and sheds light on the approaches adopted by EFL teachers while teaching these strategies. It investigates whether these strategies are taught implicitly, explicitly or both. To conduct this study, two main tools were applied: the first was a questionnaire to evaluate the memory and cognitive strategies used by EFL teachers and intermediate learners; the second was a vocabulary test to investigate the effect of using memory and cognitive strategies on vocabulary learning. These tools were applied to the sample that included 36 intermediate learners who were divided into experimental and control groups and 30 EFL teachers. The data obtained was dealt with descriptively and analytically. The findings show that training students to use memory and cognitive strategies explicitly enhances vocabulary learning more than implicit instruction.

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“…The results revealed that learners' proficiency level affected their application of vocabulary learning strategies and their performance on vocabulary size test. Finally, similar research showed that vocabulary learning strategies had a significant effect on the learners' scores obtained from the vocabulary tests (Rahimy & Shams, 2012).…”

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Identifying Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Undergraduate Students in Different Proficiency Levels

Hendrawaty

Retnomurti

2021

loquen Engl. stud. j.

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The aim of this study is to discover diverse vocabulary learning strategies among undergraduate students in three different competence levels (basic, intermediate, and advanced) who are enrolled in the Vocabulary course at Universitas Indraprasta PGRI in semester III. In this study, determination, social, memory, cognitive, and metacognitive methods were used to learn the language. Schmitt's Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire was used to collect data (VLSQ). Thirty undergraduate students were chosen on the basis of their competence levels. The results of descriptive statistics revealed that most undergraduate students used a medium strategy. The basic level had a mean score of 2.91, the intermediate level of 3.10, and the advanced level of 3.44. It was evident that the more vocabulary acquisition strategies a student used, the greater his or her competency level became. When it came to the most and least frequently utilized strategies by undergraduate students, metacognitive and determination were the most commonly employed techniques across three levels. However, the least frequent strategies of each level were different. Cognitive was slightly used by basic undergraduate students. Memory was the least employed by intermediate undergraduate students, and social was the fewest strategies implemented by advanced undergraduate students. This study revealed that the development of vocabulary learning strategies could increase EFL undergraduate students’ proficiency levels significantly.

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An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Vocabulary Learning Strategies on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Test Score

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Developing Palestinian Students' Vocabulary, its Retention and their Attitudes towards Learning English

The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Developing Palestinian Students' Vocabulary, its Retention and their Attitudes towards Learning English

The Effect of Different Approaches to Learning Strategy Instruction on Vocabulary Development by EFL learners

Identifying Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Undergraduate Students in Different Proficiency Levels

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