The Effects of Vocabulary Learning Strategies on EL Learning

This thesis reports an empirical study of vocabulary learning strategies among secondyear nonEnglishmajor students. The purpose is to investigate the effects on EL learning among nonEnglish majors in China. A questionnaire was administered to 200 students to collect the data of students' of strategies use, which was later compared with their vocabulary size scores and general English proficiency resulting from a vocabulary test and a mid and a final examinations. The data collected was dealt with through SPSS. The results show that vocabulary strategies correlate with vacabulary size and overall English proficiency. Therefore, it is interpreted that beliefs about vocabulary learning strategies are very important for vocabulary learning and that students should try to apply a variety of individualized vocabulary learning strategies in their vocabulary learning process. Also, it is suggested that less successful EL learners try to make use of dentified good strategies so as to learn a EL or ESL more effectively