ERIC Number: EJ1128766
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Oct
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Exploring Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by UPM TESL Undergraduates
Safian, Nur Hanisah; Malakar, Sharmila; Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, v5 n5 p1-4 Oct 2014
Vocabulary learning is one of the most challenging factors that learners will face during the process of second language learning. The main pursuit of the present study was to investigate the vocabulary language strategies among Malaysian ESL students majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at University Putra Malaysia. There are five different categories of vocabulary leaning strategies determination, social, memory, cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Quantitative research design has been used in this study by providing a set of questionnaire of 58 items that was given out to 50 participants at the Faculty of Educational Studies in UPM. The findings of this research hope to help all educators to acknowledge the type of vocabulary strategies used by students in acquiring second language (L2).
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Statistical Analysis, Questionnaires, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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