Abstract
Vocabulary mastery is a key aspect of foreign language leaning. Various methods can be used to improve vocabulary mastery. This present study was conducted to find out what strategies the learners of the Extensive Reading Course used in mastering the vocabulary in an English Language Education Program (ELEP) at a private university in Central Java, Indonesia, based on the Schmitt (2000) theory. The strategies discussed in this study are the determination, metacognitive, cognitive, memory and social strategy. In this study, a qualitative research design was applied to collect the data using questionnaire with open-ended questions. There were fifty-six participants of three Extensive Reading classes for this study. The result of the study showed that the determination strategy was the most preferable. Most of the participants used that strategy to enrich their vocabulary, while the social strategy was the least used. It was found that most of ER learners used determination strategies to mastery vocabulary.
Highlights
Vocabulary mastery is a key aspect of foreign language leaning
In an English Language Education Program (ELEP), ata private university in Central Java, Indonesia, reading courses were divided into two sub-courses; Extensive Reading and Critical Reading
The aim of the study is to find out the vocabulary learning strategies used by the FLA (Faculty of Language and Arts) learners in Extensive Reading class
Summary
Various methods can be used to improve vocabulary mastery This present study was conducted to find out what strategies the learners of the Extensive Reading Course used in mastering the vocabulary in an English Language Education Program at a private university in Central Java, Indonesia, based on the Schmitt’s (2000) theory. It was found that most of Extensive Reading learners used determination strategies to mastery vocabulary. By identifying the learners' strategies in mastering vocabulary of L2 in the Extensive Reading class, we can obtain a clearer picture and better understanding of learners' vocabulary learning and we can prepare a better plan to help the struggling learners. The purpose of this study was to find out what strategies the learners of Extensive Readingcourse used in mastering vocabulary. More sophisticated language in the written text involves more complex grammar than daily interactions (Hueggtig& Pickering, 2019)
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