International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)

International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
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Research Paper | English Language and Literature | Ethiopia | Volume 7 Issue 6, June 2018


Assessing Students Vocabulary Learning Perception and Strategy Use with Particular Reference to EFL Students of Adigrat University

Gebremedhin Ghidey Kidane


Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to assess students vocabulary learning perception and strategy use with particular reference to first year English major students of Adigrat University. In conducting this study, a descriptive survey method was employed. The subjects of this study were 44 EFL students and they were selected using available sampling technique. Two data gathering tools namely questionnaire and interview were used to collect data for the study. Frequency and percentage were used to analyze the close-ended questionnaire where as qualitative data analysis was used to analyze the interview. The result of this study showed that most of the students had positive perception about vocabulary learning. The result of the study also showed the following order from the most to the least frequently used vocabulary learning strategies by first year English major students of Adigrat University Determination Strategies, Social Strategies, Memory Strategies, Meta cognitive Strategies, and Cognitive strategies. This indicates that Determination Strategies and Cognitive strategies respectively were the most and the least frequently used vocabulary learning strategies by English major students of Adigrat University. This shows that majority of the EFL students Adigrat University were not familiar with most of the vocabulary learning strategies. Thus, instead of depending on a single strategy, students should use diversified vocabulary learning strategies in order to develop their vocabulary knowledge.


Keywords: English as a foreign Language, vocabulary learning, perception, strategy


Edition: Volume 7 Issue 6, June 2018,


Pages: 1701 - 1706


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Gebremedhin Ghidey Kidane, "Assessing Students Vocabulary Learning Perception and Strategy Use with Particular Reference to EFL Students of Adigrat University", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 7 Issue 6, June 2018, pp. 1701-1706, https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=ART20183555

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