The Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies of EFL University Students in Taiwan

蔣蕙華(Hui-Hua Chiang)

《英語教學與文化》 1期 (2005/09) Pp. 26-54

https://doi.org/10.29721/ETC.200509.0005

並列摘要

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the vocabulary strategies preferred by Taiwanese university students in learning English as a foreign language. Vocabulary Learning Questionnaire (version 5) and Individual Background Survey were administered to 258 Chinese students in Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan. There was a tendency toward the use of vocabulary learning strategies and a negative view of memorization by the Taiwanese university subjects. Findings suggested that cognitive strategies of wider context guessing, dictionary strategies for comprehension, extended dictionary strategies, immediate context guessing strategies, oral repetition rehearsal strategies, looking-up dictionary strategies, metacognitive strategies of selective attention and self-initiation received greater agreement from students. In beliefs toward vocabulary learning, students agreed that words should be learned through use rather than through memorization.