The relationship between morphological mastery and vocabulary learning strategies of Turkish EFL learners
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2020
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the most or the least preferred vocabulary learningstrategies (VLS) by Turkish EFL learners and to examine the relationship between morphologicalmastery and VLS. The participants of the study consist of 102 Translation and Interpretingdepartment students at a state university in Turkey. The measurement tools used in the study areVocabulary Size Test (VST) (Nation, 2001) and Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire(VLSQ) (Gu, 2018). Before the questionnaire, VST was administered to the students to determine thevocabulary size levels of them. After the test, students were asked to answer the 5-point Likert typeVLSQ. The results of the study were analyzed by SPSS programme using one-way ANOVA. Accordingto the results, the most commonly used strategies by Turkish EFL learners in vocabulary learning areguessing and dictionary strategies. The least frequently used strategies are the use of word lists andvisual repetition strategies in the rehearsal category. The results obtained from students who areclassified as low, medium and high-level vocabulary size, show that the most frequently usedstrategies of high level students are selective attention, guessing strategies, dictionary strategies,notebook usage and note-taking (deciding what information goes into notes). In addition, while thevast majority of students think that it is necessary to learn words through use, they believe thatmemorization does not play an important role in vocabulary learning. This study tends to helpEnglish learners who have difficulty in choosing vocabulary learning strategies to get morphologicalmastery and to lead EFL teachers by showing the advantages of using different strategies for students.
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