Abstract
The process of how EFL learners’ learning and acquiring English vocabulary has become the popular issue since English has considered as an International language in Indonesian schools. In this study, the researchers focused on verifying learners’ strategy in enhancing their English vocabulary. This study was quantitative research that employed longitudinal survey. The subject of this study was learners of junior high school in Parepare. The data gained through questioner, which was distributed to 100 students at the junior high school in Parepare. The findings indicated that the EFL learners’ strategy in learning English vocabulary such as doing the assignment, practicing English pronunciation, learning English tenses, practicing English dialogue, English translation exercise, reading English text, memorizing and writing practice. In addition, the Indonesian EFL learners acquired English vocabulary through the dictionary, reading English book, listening to and watching English songs and movies, playing the game, the internet, and reading English advertisement.
Highlights
Teaching vocabulary often given little priority in foreign language learning program and it frequently taken for granted to be acquired autodidactic
The findings indicated that the EFL learners’ strategy in learning English vocabulary such as doing the assignment, practicing English pronunciation, learning English tenses, practicing English dialogue, English translation exercise, reading English text, memorizing and writing practice
This study describes EFL Learners’ Strategy in Learning and Acquiring English Vocabulary of Indonesian Junior High School Students in Parepare
Summary
Teaching vocabulary often given little priority in foreign language learning program and it frequently taken for granted to be acquired autodidactic. It received little attention in many course book and exercise sheet. The better communication of EFL learners depends on how more vocabulary they have (Sarani & Shirzaei, 2016; Bin-Tahir, 2012; Ostovar-namaghi & Malekpur, 2015) This indicates that mastering the vocabulary is a must to bridge the use of the English (Ivone, 2005), either the building of a sentence or conversation. EFL learners must have deeper effort in mastering English vocabulary to have good English communication
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