Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Filipino College Students across Five Disciplines  

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Bernardo, Alejandro S. ; Gonzales, Helen T.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: TESOL Journal vol. 1 (Dec. 2009), page 17-27.
Fulltext: Vocabulary Learning.pdf (628.18KB)

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This descriptive survey research investigated the use of 53 common vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) by 202 baccalaureate students across five disciplines: liberal arts and education (AB/Ed), computer science and engineering (CSE), business education (BE), hospitality management (HM), and allied medical science (AMS) in a comprehensive Philippine university. This study attempted to compare the strategies used by the subjects across disciplines and to uncover if significant differences existed as regards the category and frequency of the VLS. A researcherdesigned inventory using Schmitt’s (1997) taxonomy was used to gather pertinent data. The data on the frequencies of use of the five identified VLS namely: Determination, Social, Memory, Cognitive, and Metacognitive were compared to explore apparent differences using One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Findings revealed statistically significant differences in the use of determination and social VLS across the disciplines. Another finding exhibited non-significant differences in the employment of memory, cognitive, and metacognitive VLS. The results also showed that the identified vocabulary learning strategies converged with each other. Scheffe- post-hoc procedure indicated significant differences between AMS and AB/Ed with AB/Ed using determination VLS with greater frequency and between AMS and CSE with AMS employing social VLS with lesser frequency. Correlation analysis also showed significant positive association between the VLS. This research could be best used by language faculty as means to improve students’ vocabulary learning and acquisition.

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