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.