Abstract: As a branch of language learning strategies, the vocabulary learning strategy plays an important role in learning and memorizing English vocabulary. The study explores English majors' use of the strategy through questionnaires. The participants are one hundred and twenty English majors in Nanjing Xiaozhuang University. It is found that English majors don't often use English vocabulary strategies, among which cognitive strategies are most frequently used, followed by memory strategies and meta-cognitive strategy is the least frequently used. Except for meta-cognitive strategies, there was no significant difference in the use of the 3 categories of strategies among English majors from different grades. 

Key Words:  English majors; English vocabulary; vocabulary learning strategies

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction.1

2. Literature Review2

2.1 Definition& Types of Linguistic Learning Strategies

2.2 Definition& Types of Vocabulary Learning Strategies

2.3 Previous Studies on Vocabulary Learning Strategies

3. Research Methodology.10

3.1 Research Questions

3.2 Participants

3.3 Instruments

3.4 Data Collection

3.5 Data Analysis

4. Results and Discussions.11

4.1 Overall Situation of English Majors’ Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies

4.2 Usage discrepancy of English Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Different Grades

5. Conclusion17

Bibliography.18

AppendixⅠ20

Acknowledgements  24