Effects of EFL Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies on their Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge
Effects of EFL Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies on their Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge Eric Alexander Gale Bangngu Abstract: This article reports on the English study program of Nusa Cendana University, Indonesia to estimate the effect of vocabulary learning strategies on students’ depth of vocabulary knowledge. The topic is significant because students are expected to master English vocabularies for they will become English teachers. Unfortunately, their depth of vocabulary knowledge does not develop as well as their vocabulary size. The data gathered using a questionnaire which is based on Schmitt’s taxonomy (1997) and word associate test offered by Read (1998). The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analyses through the use of SPSS. The result of the research shows that in the linear combination, there was a significant effect of all vocabulary learning strategies on students’ depth of vocabulary knowledge (p<0.05) with contribution ...