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Volume 21:5 May 2021
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A Relational Study of English Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Grade Nine Junior High School Chinese Students and Their English Achievement

Jiahua Mao, M.A. ELT

Abstract

This study is focused on the relationship between English vocabulary strategies used by grade 9 Chinese junior middle school students and their English achievement. There are two research objectives that helped the achievement of this research: 1) To identify the English vocabulary learning strategies used by the 9th grade students in Yucai Junior Middle School. 2) To determine the relationship between the English vocabulary learning strategies used by the 9th grade students from Yucai Junior Middle School and their English achievement.

There were 112 participants involved in this study. To carry out the research, an explanatory mixed methods design using 5 point Likert scale questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview were used. The questionnaire consisted of 5 categories of vocabulary learning strategies: meta-cognitive, cognitive, memory, resource, and flexible-use strategies. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 students from grade 9 in Guangzhou, China to support the statistical result.

The findings showed that the grade 9 students on average had low usage of the vocabulary learning strategies with Mean score (M) = 2.418 and standard deviation (SD)=1.052. Among the 5 categories of vocabulary learning strategies, COGNITIVE strategies were moderately used the most, while the rest of the strategies where seldom and very seldom used. This result was supported by the interviews. The correlation that was done using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient showed that there was a significant relationship between the students’ usage of vocabularies learning strategies to their English achievement result. As indicated, there was a correlation value of r=.895, p= 0.000 among 112 participants.

The findings indicated that the Chinese grade 9 students do not have a fixed strategy used when learning English vocabulary. Instead, they mixed the strategies and used them when needed.

Keywords: Relational Study English Vocabulary Learning Strategies, Grade Nine Junior High School Chinese Students, English Achievement.

Introduction

When learners learn a foreign language, the first and most difficult part to be learned is the vocabulary. As well, among the factors that influence students’ academic performance, is their ability to learn vocabulary and the strategies they use, especially for the junior high school students who are at the initial stage in learning the English language as part of their future education (Chen, 2016).

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Jiahua Mao, M.A. ELT
Assumption University
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