The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Learner Autonomy in Intermediate and Elementary EFL Learners
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 4
Abstract
The studies of vocabulary learning and the strategy in learning vocabulary are so interesting that have attracted much attention in language teaching. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning strategies and learner autonomy in intermediate and elementary level. Learner autonomy is a huge assistance for learners in vocabulary learning since it provides the learners with numerous diverse privileges such as independency from teacher. To this end, the Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was administered to 85 female students in an English Institute of Gorgan, Iran, to understand their English proficiency levels. The participants took a Language Learning Strategies Questionnaire to determine learners’ strategies in learning vocabulary and Learners’ autonomy questionnaire to evaluate students’ autonomy. The collected data finally showed that there is a relationship between intermediate EFL learner’s vocabulary learning strategies and learner autonomy, there is no significant relationship between elementary EFL learner’s vocabulary learning strategies and learner autonomy and totally, there is a difference between vocabulary learning strategies used by intermediate and elementary learners.
Authors and Affiliations
Sara Naraghi| Department of English Language Teaching, Golestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran, Department of English Language Teaching, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran, Seyyed Hassan Seyyedrezaei *| Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran, Email: srezaei.sh@gmail.com
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP6981
- DOI -
- Views 364
- Downloads 39
Generalized Alignment and Prosody-Morphology Interface in Persian Present Stems
Since the coalescence of the immediate adjacency of vocalic syllable peaks cannot be tolerated in Persian, syllable structures have to be adjusted to resolve the problem of *HIATUS in the present simple stems. This artic...
Influence of abiotic stress on proline, Photosynthetic enzymes and growth
Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stress factors that affect almost every aspect of physiology and biochemistry of a plant, resulting in a reduction in its yield. The salinity effect on the water stress of the plan...
Data and Image Transmission on DS-PAM UWB System in Parallel Links AWGN Channel Using Multiple Description Coding (MDC)
UWB communication system is a new high performance technique with low power consumption which it has a large application for very high data rates in wireless telecommunications.In this paper, we consider image transmissi...
Acid Phosphatase Activity Of Albino Rats Administered With Salt And Water Samples From Okposi And Uburu Salt Lakes
Water and salt samples from Okposi and Uburu salt lakes have been reported to elicit some toxic properties. This research was set up to study the effect of water and salt samples from Okposi and Uburu salt lakes on the p...
Climate Change: From Challenge to Key Threat? The Example of the European Security Strategy
For a wide range of reasons it is becoming more and more evident that Climate Change takes part in destabilising societies and creating a threat to the security of states all over the globe. One example where the develop...