An Overview of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in English as a Foreign Language
Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies
1 - Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch
Keywords: vocabulary learning, strategies, EFL learner,
Abstract :
Researchers in the area of EFL learning have tried to put the way(s) by which EFL learners learnEnglish vocabulary into some frames and present them as strategies. This paper reviewsdescriptive research on vocabulary learning strategies in English as a foreign language. Thereview focuses on common strategies that learners use in vocabulary learning such as dictionarystrategies, note-taking strategies, Focusing on Form: Word- Formation strategies, and it alsodiscusses other different strategies at length.
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