Abstract
This study explored the vocabulary learning strategies used by learners at
under graduate level from Lahore College for Women University Lahore and
its affiliated colleges. It investigated in particular the strategies used by
students with Science, Humanities and Management Sciences as academic
majors. Survey method was used to collect information from the students
through a vocabulary learning strategy inventory (VLS). Data was analyzed
using descriptive analysis, frequencies and One- Way Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA). One way ANOVA was used to investigate the different kind of
strategies which are being practiced by the three different disciplines (Science,
Humanities and Management Sciences). Frequencies were used to examine the
most and least used vocabulary learning strategies used by the students.
According to the result students from above mentioned groups were practicing
all the five strategies namely; Memory, Cognitive, Compensation,
Metacognitive, Social and fell in the category of high and medium strategy
users. The result showed that a higher number of respondents preferred the
metacognitive strategies and least importance was given to memory techniques
as compared to other techniques.
Asma Shahid Kazi, Rakhshanda Naeem, Shabana Manzoor, Nusra Inayat, Noor Muhammad. (2017) Undergraduate students’ use of vocabulary learning strategies, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 4, Issue 2.
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