A Survey Study on Vocabulary Learning Strategies Among Grade X in A Senior High Schools
Abstract
Vocabulary learning strategy is one of the factors that affect the success of students in
achieving the goal of learning English. Therefore, the use of appropriate vocabulary learning
strategies can improve students' development in learning in an effective and efficient way. In this
section, the researcher attempted to describe the most often applied vocabulary learning
strategies in EFL contexts in senior high schools especially grade X. Vocabulary learning
strategy consists of 8 categories, which cover: Dictionary, Rehearsal, Management, Source,
Guessing, Encoding, Activation, and Perceptions strategy. This is a survey study. 167 students
were involved as respondents in this study. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire
developed by Subon (2013) which consisted of 28 items. The data were analyzed using SPSS
and Microsoft Excel and the overall results showed that the most often applied vocabulary
learning strategy by students was Guessing strategy in English vocabulary learning. Thus, the
lowest strategies chosen by the students were Management and Activations strategies with the
same score. To implicate the findings pedagogically, the results of this study can help teachers to
expand their vocabulary, as well as help develop their confidence by using the most effective
strategies in Indonesia, and also can help provide an overview or consideration for future
researchers.