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Nematollahi, Batoul; Behjat, Fatemeh; Kargar, Ali Asghar – English Language Teaching, 2017
Vocabulary learning is one of the crucial matters in second language learning. There is a vast body of research in this field which has been done by famous researchers around the world, but still there is no specific solution for extending lexical knowledge in the best way. Therefore, we have conducted a meta-analysis on a body of 30 research…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis, Learning Strategies
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Balci, Özgül – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the language learning strategies of freshman students and their learning styles. This study is a descriptive research and employs a relational screening model. Participants of the study were 328 freshman students majoring in different fields at Necmettin Erbakan University Ahmet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Correlation, Second Language Learning
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Sistani, Mahsa; Hashemian, Mahmood – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study, first, examined whether there was any relationship between Iranian L2 learners' vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs), on the one hand, and their multiple intelligences (MI) types, on the other hand. In so doing, it explored the extent to which MI would predict L2 learners' VLSs. To these ends, 40 L2 learners from Isfahan University of…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Vocabulary Development, Correlation, Questionnaires
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Banisaeid, Maryam – English Language Teaching, 2013
The present study was conducted to compare the effect of memory and cognitive strategies training on vocabulary learning of intermediate proficiency group of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. It is to check how memory and cognitive strategies training affect word learning of EFL intermediate learners (N = 60) who were homogenized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Memory
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Chen, Mei-Ling – English Language Teaching, 2014
The purpose of the study was to investigate language learning strategies used by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners at different educational levels and explored the influence of age on the use of language learning strategies. A total of 1,023 students participated in the study. Out of the participants, there were 250 primary students…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
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Lin, Ching-Ying; Hsu, Wei Shu – English Language Teaching, 2013
The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of hierarchy vocabulary exercises and copying vocabulary exercises on EFL students' vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension. Two specific factors were probed: (a) vocabulary gains and retention from different exercises; (b) reading comprehension performance through different…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Heidari, Farrokhlagha; Izadi, Mehri; Ahmadian, Mansooreh Vahed – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study explores the relationship between Iranian EFL juniors' self-efficacy beliefs and their employed vocabulary learning strategies. The participants were 50 juniors studying English Translation at University of Sistan & Baluchestan. The self-efficacy and vocabulary learning strategies questionnaires were administered to identify the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies
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Javid, Choudhary Z.; Al-thubaiti, Turki S.; Uthman, Awwadh – English Language Teaching, 2013
It is reported that language learning is a creative and dynamic process and the learners are active partners in this process. This trend in language teaching motivated the researchers to investigate the learners' individual differences and the identification of language learning strategies (LLS) has become a major area of interest in this regard…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Majors (Students)
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Zokaee, Saeedeh; Zaferanieh, Elaheh; Naseri, Mahdieh – English Language Teaching, 2012
Students' learning styles and vocabulary learning strategies are among the main factors that help determine how students learn second language vocabulary. This work examined the extent to which choice of vocabulary learning strategies is affected by students' perceptual learning style. In this research, the participants were 54 EFL learners at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Perceptual Development, Vocabulary Development
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Lin, Lu-Fang – English Language Teaching, 2009
The purpose of the study was to investigate video comprehension strategies used by male and female university students. The researcher designed a video comprehension strategy questionnaire including cognitive, compensation, and memory categories. Totally, 168 Taiwanese university participants completed the questionnaire. The quantitative results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Comprehension, Males