Cover Image

A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners

Vocabulary is an important component of language proficiency that provides the root for the ability of the learners is speaking, listening, reading and writing. the importance of vocabulary is esential for language learners. however, the teaching of vocubalury is often neglected in the teaching and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Esa, Zaleha, Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
L Education (General)
LB Theory and practice of education
LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/48668/4/48668_A%20Survey%20on%20Vocabulary%20Strategies%20Employed%20by%20ESL%20Learners_complete.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/48668/
http://www.uum.edu.my/index.php/en/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.iium.irep.48668
record_format dspace
spelling my.iium.irep.486682018-02-23T02:02:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48668/ A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners Esa, Zaleha Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) Vocabulary is an important component of language proficiency that provides the root for the ability of the learners is speaking, listening, reading and writing. the importance of vocabulary is esential for language learners. however, the teaching of vocubalury is often neglected in the teaching and learning of English language and it was often given little priority in language programmes and received only incidental attention in textbook and language programmes (Hedge, 2008). Many languages teachersthink that vocabulary cab be left on its own and does not need to be taught perhaps due to several reasons such as grammar should be emphasized more than vocabulary students would make mistakes in sentence construction if too many words were learned before basic grammar has been mastered, and word meanings can be learned through experience and cannot be taught in the class room. Having the limited vocabulary and strategis often impede learners in displaying their abilities and discourage them making use of language learning opportunities around then such as watching television, listening to the radio, reading or using the language in different contexts. Due lack of vocabulary, learners cannot perform in spoken and written in which they are less confident to speak and write in the target language. This study surveys the vocabulary learning strategies employed by a group of ESL learners of a higher institution in Malaysia. Suggestion on the pedagogical implication are provided to supplement the ESL educators in dealing with various vocabulary learning strategies employed by the learners. 2014-10 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48668/4/48668_A%20Survey%20on%20Vocabulary%20Strategies%20Employed%20by%20ESL%20Learners_complete.pdf Esa, Zaleha and Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin (2014) A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners. In: The Fifth Biennial International Conference on Teaching and Learning of English in Asia (TLEiA5, 27 - 29 October 2014, Langkawi, Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://www.uum.edu.my/index.php/en/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
content_source IIUM Repository (IREP)
url_provider http://irep.iium.edu.my/
language English
topic L Education (General)
LB Theory and practice of education
LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
spellingShingle L Education (General)
LB Theory and practice of education
LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
Esa, Zaleha
Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin
A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners
description Vocabulary is an important component of language proficiency that provides the root for the ability of the learners is speaking, listening, reading and writing. the importance of vocabulary is esential for language learners. however, the teaching of vocubalury is often neglected in the teaching and learning of English language and it was often given little priority in language programmes and received only incidental attention in textbook and language programmes (Hedge, 2008). Many languages teachersthink that vocabulary cab be left on its own and does not need to be taught perhaps due to several reasons such as grammar should be emphasized more than vocabulary students would make mistakes in sentence construction if too many words were learned before basic grammar has been mastered, and word meanings can be learned through experience and cannot be taught in the class room. Having the limited vocabulary and strategis often impede learners in displaying their abilities and discourage them making use of language learning opportunities around then such as watching television, listening to the radio, reading or using the language in different contexts. Due lack of vocabulary, learners cannot perform in spoken and written in which they are less confident to speak and write in the target language. This study surveys the vocabulary learning strategies employed by a group of ESL learners of a higher institution in Malaysia. Suggestion on the pedagogical implication are provided to supplement the ESL educators in dealing with various vocabulary learning strategies employed by the learners.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Esa, Zaleha
Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin
author_facet Esa, Zaleha
Zakaria, Zarina Ashikin
author_sort Esa, Zaleha
title A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners
title_short A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners
title_full A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners
title_fullStr A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners
title_full_unstemmed A survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by ESL learners
title_sort survey on vocabulary learning strategies employed by esl learners
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/48668/4/48668_A%20Survey%20on%20Vocabulary%20Strategies%20Employed%20by%20ESL%20Learners_complete.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/48668/
http://www.uum.edu.my/index.php/en/
_version_ 1643613402834141184
score 13.211869

Similar Items