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English Language Development Essay

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Title : A Study On Vocabulary Development Strategies Used By EFL Learners Of Gujarat Technological University

Author : Bhaveshkumar Bipinchandra Rana
Designation: Assistant Professor in English (GES CLASS II)
Organization: Government Engineering College
Near Sanskar Kendra, College Road, Valsad – 396001
Gujarat, INDIA
Contact No : 8980035433
Email : bbrgecv@gmail.com

A STUDY ON VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES USED BY EFL LEARNERS OF GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Eminent researchers have tried to look for the way(s) by which EFL learners try to develop their English vocabulary into some frames and present them as techniques/strategy. There are various strategies that both teachers and/or learners are …show more content…

Oxford (1994) defines learning strategies as “specific actions, behaviors or techniques students use to improve their progress in comprehending and producing Second Language. He notes that these strategies can make learning easier, faster, more fun, independent, and efficient.”
Medani (as cited in McCarthy, 1990) carried out research on the vocabulary learning strategies of both good and poor learners of English. He has found out that there is remarkable variation in what successful learners did and in what underachievers had done. Learners who were successful used a wider variety of strategies than the under-achievers. For example, the under-achievers seemed to practice new words considerably less than good learners. Successful learners practiced the new words whenever they got opportunity (i.e. writing compositions). They also asked questions to confirm their knowledge and tested themselves by checking through word lists …show more content…

asking the teacher to translate the words into Gujarati
2. asking the teacher to use the unknown word into a sentence to help understand the word meaning
3. Asking classmate/friend for meaning.
4. Knowing some new words when working in group.
As the students hardly have the environment of English Language outside the classroom, they generally take the help of either their teacher or their friends (when they are in group).
An observation from table 2 presents the scenario that the students of Gujarat Technological University have used the “Memory strategies” for learning the new words in English Language after the Social Strategies. This is the result of the VLS (Vocabulary Learning Strategies) that they used to rest on during their Language Learning in their schools. One of the reason they might have continued the same in the college as well is that they feel comfortable in the same. The strategies are,
1. Writing a new word in a sentence so that they can remember it.
2. Studying a spelling of new words.
3. Using physical actions when learning words
4. Speaking words out loud when

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