A Survey of Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Non-English Majors in Changzhi University

Abstract

Vocabulary has been playing an important role in language learning. However, to most students in China, vocabulary is the main problem they have met when they learn English. In order to improve their vocabulary learning skills, a study is needed to find out definitions and classifications of English learning strategies used by college students in Changzhi University. Further more, students’ different employment of language learning strategies and the related results are essential to be explored. This thesis aims to investigate the vocabulary learning strategies used by non-English majors by means of questionnaires. The subjects are 238 non-English majors from Changzhi University. Both similarities and differences of application of language learning strategies are explored. The correlation between vocabulary learning strategies and test scores is conducted as well. Further more, some suggestions for lexical learning will be put forward.