A study on the vocabulary learning strategies employed by 2nd-year English majors students at Hai Phong Private University

Abstract

One of the most important challenges that learners will face during the process of second language learning is vocabulary learning. Vocabulary has been recognized as crucial to language use in which insufficient vocabulary knowledge of the learners led to difficulties in second language learning. Thus, in the case of learning the vocabulary in second language, students need to be educated with vocabulary learning strategies. The purpose of this study was to examine and develop effective vocabulary learning strategies of HPU (HaiPhong Private University) second-year English majors. The sample of the study consists of twenty-five students (fifty-five female students and ten male students from K21), all of them are junior students at English Department (ED) at HPU. Hence, the method of conducting is an open-ended interview that was conducted individually with twenty-five students in HPU. The strategies such as the learning a word through reading, the use of monolingual dictionary, the use of various English language media, and applying new English word in their daily conversation where are related to memory, determination, metacognitive strategies respectively are popular strategies and the learners are keen in using them.