A Tentative study of Learning Styles and Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Non-English Majors in Minority Academy

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10.2991/icemct-15.2015.273How to use a DOI?

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learning style, vocabulary learning strategy, non-English majors in minority academy

Abstract

This dissertation focuses on investigating in Chinese cultural contexts the relationship between learning styles and vocabulary learning strategies on non-English majors in minority academy. The study applies Quantitative method, questionnaire and vocabulary knowledge test to investigate and analyze learners’ uses of vocabulary learning strategies and how the two independent factors influence the English achievement among those non-English majors in minority academy. At the same time, the paper points out the differences of learning strategies used by the high and the low proficiency students. The major findings can be stated as follows: Chinese EFL learners used a variety of strategies in vocabulary learning; the high proficiency students (HPS) did better in the employment of indirect strategies and used most of the direct strategies, except keyword and translation, more frequently than the low proficiency students (LPS); Finally, it puts forward some limitations of present study and suggestions for future work in this field.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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