Vocabulary learning strategies of Iraqi EFL learners

Abstract EN

Learning vocabulary is one of the formidable problems facing EFL learners.

Without sufficient vocabulary, the linguistic machine will not work properly since vocabulary is the fuel of that machine.

This study explored the types of vocabulary learning strategies used by Iraqi EFL learners majoring in teaching English as foreign language at the Islamic university college with the intention to examine them and discuss their use and give both learners and teachers some expert advice since the researchers feel that learners should be educated on how to use them.

The study is conducted through a questionnaire distributed on fifty subjects of a random sample.

Twenty-five of them are females and the rest are males.

The results are analyzed and discussed.

The conclusion reached is that Iraqi EFL learners like any other categories have their own vocabulary learning strategies but they need to be educated on how to use them and enrich them with other foreign learners of English.

The results showed that EFL learners are not aware of the value of most of the vocabulary strategies.