Abstract
The purpose of this study was to study grade 11 students’ awareness and use of vocabulary learning strategies in EFL classes at Woreta Secondary and Preparatory School. To conduct this study, mixed research (qualitative and qualitative) method was employed due to the nature of the research problem. The population of the study were Grade 11 students who were enrolled in the year 2009 E.c and five Grade 11 EFL teachers. As it was impossible to incorporate all students in this study, 120 (14%) out of the total population of 841 students were selected using simple random sampling method. Hence, 120 students were all selected for questionnaire. Furthermore, six students were randomly selected from those 120 students and 2 EFL teachers who were teaching English were selected for interview. Data were collected using questionnaire, interviews and observations. The data obtained from the samples were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The quantitative data were presented using frequency and percentage. The findings of this study indicated that the students did not know many vocabulary learning strategies and did not think that these vocabulary learning strategies are important to increase their word power. The students employed only a few vocabulary learning strategies. Finally, it was concluded that the students lack awareness about the vocabulary learning strategies and they did not use as many vocabulary learning strategies as they can. Based on the find of the study the researcher recommended that teachers must create awareness about vocabulary learning strategies and should give opportunities for their students to practice different vocabulary learning strategies. Key terms : vocabulary learning strategies, memory strategies, cognitive strategies, social strategies, awareness DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/76-02 Publication date: February 28 th 2021
Highlights
Vocabularies are important to express one’s own feeling effectively
Based on the analysis of the data, the following conclusions were obtained from the study: 1. Most of the students were not aware of the important vocabulary learning strategies which are used for learning the meanings of new words in the target language
There were various important vocabulary learning strategies such as memory strategies - are classified into two distinct categories; rehearsal and encoding categories; cognitive strategies-- consist of guessing strategies, skillful use of dictionaries and note-taking strategies; social/affective/activation strategies -- include those strategies through which the learners use new words in different contexts and metacognitive strategies - consist of strategies for selective attention and self-initiation
Summary
Vocabularies are important to express one’s own feeling effectively. It is a core component of language proficiency and provides much of the basis for how well the learners listen, speak, read and write. According to Hatch and Brown (1995), the vocabulary learning strategies that students use has greater impact on the success of their vocabulary learning. One way of tackling a large number of unknown words is through vocabulary learning strategies. Vocabulary learning is considered by many students as an important and challenging factor in learning a foreign language. It is crucial to find effective ways of learning vocabulary to reduce the challenges that students face and to give opportunities for the students to use the words
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