International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE)
Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2017, PP 41-50
ISSN 2349-0373 (Print) & ISSN 2349-0381 (Online)
http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2349-0381.0408006
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The Role of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Enhancing EFL
Learners’ Writing Skills
Afaf Abdelrahim Jalal Eldin Ahmed
1, 2
1
Lecturer at Almughtaribeen
University,
Sudan
2
Lecturer at HafrAlbatin University
,
Saudi Arabia
Abstract:
This paper focused on the role of vocabulary learning strategies in the process of foreign language
acquisition. The process of learning a foreign language is an important and challenging component in foreign
language students’ lives due to the students’ limited language exposure and opportunities to practice the
language. The study has tackled the vocabulary learning strategies and their role of learning a foreign
language or language acquisition; these have been explored as individual factors. The present research thus
explored the possible influence of vocabulary learning strategies use and beliefs about language and language
learning. Also the researcher has examined how learners tackle the problem of learning new words. He did this
using a think aloud technique which allowed him to identify a number of micro-strategies. Good learners not
only use more strategies, but they rely more heavily on different strategies than the ones poor learners use.
However, a thorough analysis shows that neither of these two groups is homogeneous.
