An Overview of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in English as a Foreign Language

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 6، دوره 5، شماره 1، آذر 2016، صفحه 77-88   

نویسنده

Somayeh Shahidi Shalmani

Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch

چکیده

Researchers in the area of EFL learning have tried to put the way(s) by which EFL learners learn
English vocabulary into some frames and present them as strategies. This paper reviews
descriptive research on vocabulary learning strategies in English as a foreign language. The
review focuses on common strategies that learners use in vocabulary learning such as dictionary
strategies, note-taking strategies, Focusing on Form: Word- Formation strategies, and it also
discusses other different strategies at length.

کلیدواژه‌ها

EFL learner؛ vocabulary learning؛ strategies

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