Abstract: Using the descriptive-correlation design, this study attempted to explore the correlation between vocabulary learning strategies and the vocabulary knowledge (depth and breadth) of the 1st year BSED Major in English students of University of the Cordilleras. To this end, a sample of were the 32 students from University of the Cordilleras, BSED English enrolled in the subject Philippine History during the academic year 2019-2020 completed a questionnaire concerning vocabulary learning strategy use based from Schmitt’s (1997) taxonomy. Vocabulary Size Test (Nation and Beglar, 2007) and Word Associates Test (Read, 1998) were administered to measure the breadth and depth of the respondents’ vocabulary knowledge.
The findings of the study showed that there is no positive significant relationship between the vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary knowledge of the respondents. Thus, none of the vocabulary learning strategies affects the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge of the respondents positively. It may be because the respondents do not use the vocabulary learning strategies often since the grand mean of the respondents’ scores in each vocabulary learning strategy revealed that they just use the vocabulary learning strategies sometimes. However, a negative relationship between the cognitive strategy and the depth of vocabulary knowledge was shown through the results. According to it, it may be inferred that the more the students use cognitive strategies, the lower level of depth of vocabulary knowledge is expected from them. Therefore, in enhancing the respondents’ depth of vocabulary knowledge, they may consider other strategies as their primary options to employ.
Keywords: determination strategy, learning strategy, memory strategy, cognitive strategy, metacognitive strategy, social strategy, social strategy, vocabulary knowledge, vocabulary learning strategy.
Title: VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES AND KNOWLEDGE OF 1st YEAR BSED MAJOR IN ENGLISH STUDENTS: A CORRELATION
Author: Princess Dianne Yumul Mercado
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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