Investigating Thai EFL students' English vocabulary learning strategies at a private university

Name: Wuthinan Imamee

keyword: English language

; Vocabulary learning strategies

; Obstacles

; Vocabulary acquisition

; EFL learner

Abstract: This study focuses on the use of English vocabulary learning strategies of the first and second year students in Farm Technology Management program (FTM) at Faculty of Agro-Industry (AGI), Panyapiwat Institute of Management (PIM) as well as obstacles and problems in learning English vocabulary. The participants consist of the students selected by using purposive sampling method with 80 students from both years ; 48 students from the second year and 32 students from the first year. The subjects’ ages ranged between 18 – 28 years of age. The questionnaire was based on Schmitt’s taxonomy and classifications of vocabulary learning strategies (1997) by focusing on 5 categories ; Determination strategies, Social strategies, Memory strategies, Cognitive strategies and Metacognitive strategies, and consisted of 30 items of closed-ended questions and one open-ended question. The data analyses were calculated by the SPSS program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). According to the findings, Social strategies were the most frequently used, followed by Determination strategies. Memory strategies were in the third rank. In contrast, the strategies that respondents used least were Cognitive strategies, which were slightly less than Metacognitive strategies in the fourth rank. In addition, the most frequently faced of the obstacles and problems while respondents were learning English vocabulary were “do not know how to apply the vocabulary in a real situation and proper context” followed by the negative attitudes of students toward English vocabulary leaning. Another interesting obstacle was that the participants cannot remember the spelling of new words and this caused them to experience the difficulties in finding the meaning of that word or even sometimes they cannot find the correct meaning. Furthermore, the findings can be used to develop English preparation courses for new students before starting their actual semester as well as contributing to design a teaching style in English classrooms to suit AGI students

Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: preserv@tu.ac.th

Name: Pragasit Sitthitikul

Role: advisor

Created: 2016

Modified: 2021-07-29

Issued: 2021-07-29

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application/pdf

DOI: 10.14457/TU.the.2016.1316

eng

DegreeName: Master of Arts

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Career English for International Communication

Grantor: Thammasat University

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