Investigating Vocabulary Learning Strategies Among English Language Education Students in An Indonesia University Through GU’s VLQ

Abstract

Vocabulary plays an important role in language learning so that learning vocabulary is necessary to fluently use the language. However, English vocabulary mastery is still considered as a difficult thing for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners because English is neither their mother tongue nor their daily language. In consequence, EFL learners need some strategy to advance their English vocabulary. In this study, the researcher attempted to focus on Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLS) by EFL learners. The objective of this study is to investigate the Vocabulary Learning Strategies among English Language Education undergraduate students in an Indonesia University. This study is a quantitative study which employs surveys as the research design. An adopted Vocabulary Learning Questionnaire (VLQ) by Gu (2018), which contains metacognitive and cognitive categories, was administered to 212 undergraduate students (i.e., 146 females and 66 males). The overall results revealed that, in this study, the most commonly used strategy is dictionary use (M=4.08). The least commonly used strategy is rehearsal strategy (M=3.44).