TAILIEUCHUNG - Students’ strategies in learning english specialized vocabulary
The present study aimed at investigating the learning strategies used by students in learning English specialized vocabulary. The participants were 100 students studying English for economics. Data was collected by means of questionnaire, interview and diary. The findings reveal that for the category of discovery strategy, a majority of students reported that they asked classmates for meanings of new words and used English - Vietnamese dictionaries. | STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY 1 LE PHAM HOAI HUONG 1, THACH THI HAI HUYEN 2 English Department, Hue University of Foreign Languages 2 Kontum Technical Economic College Abstract: The present study aimed at investigating the learning strategies used by students in learning English specialized vocabulary. The participants were 100 students studying English for economics. Data was collected by means of questionnaire, interview and diary. The findings reveal that for the category of discovery strategy, a majority of students reported that they asked classmates for meanings of new words and used English-Vietnamese dictionaries. For cognitive strategy, to remember words, most students said that they studied spelling of words, synonyms and antonyms. They also took notes of specialized vocabulary in class. Besides, a large proportion of them relied on the mass media to learn new specialized words. Based on the research findings, recommendations were put forwards for teachers and students in teaching and learning English specialized vocabulary. Key words: specialized vocabulary, learning strategies 1. INTRODUCTION Vocabulary is a significant component of learning and teaching English in general and of English for Specific Purpose (ESP) in particular. Harding [8] explained that vocabulary is crucial in ESP because students will meet many technical or specialized words which are used to explain materials in their area of specialization. Specialized words are often used by particular groups of people. They include technical and semitechnical terms. For example, in the field of economics, some examples of specialized words are consultant, crisis, innovation, promotion, supervise, subordinates, etc. Undoubtedly, vocabulary learning strategies can help language learners acquire new English words and increase their vocabulary knowledge. However, ESP programs usually do not provide special classes teaching specialized vocabulary. In the context .
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