Vocabulary learning strategies- Most frequently used strategies between English major students and non―English major studentsin China.docVIP

Vocabulary learning strategies: Most frequently used strategies between English major students and non―English major studentsin China 　　【Abstract】The purpose of this research was to compare vocabulary learning strategies （VLS） used by two groups of Chinese English learners， which are English major students and non-English major students，and systematically focused on three main strategy categories. The purpose was to investigate the different VLS using frequencies between two groups of English language learners. 【Keywords】vocabulary learning strategies （VLS）；English major student （EMS）； non-English major students （NEMS） 1 The background to the study In the later half of the 1970s， an investigation found out that through the introduction of the strategies used by good learners， those poor language learners can improve their language learners learning. （Rubin， 1975； Naiman et al.， 1978） Although there is no clear definition on good language learner’ or ‘bad language learner’， Brown， Bransford， Ferrara. Campione（ 1983） thought that a successful learner was in effect a learning theorist. 2 The analysis of vocabulary learning strategies data The comparison of EMS and NEMSs using of VLS in general will present in this section. 2.1 Overall Vocabulary Learning Strategies and comparison between two groups As introduced， the current study investigate the VLS differences between Chinese EMS and NEMS in Zhejiang University of Technology， differences between higher achievement students and lower achievement students within two groups. Unlike the earlier studies， this study chooses three main categories of VLS to research； they are note-taking strategies， repetition strategies， and memorization strategies. Besides， there are seven questions about the teaching of VLS. What follows is an overall description of how frequently the participants reported using forty-seven VLS and teaching of VLS included in the questionnaire， whose scale ranges from 0 to 4. The dat