The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and the score of vocabulary levels test among undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The present research study was an attempt to determine the vocabulary learning strategy preferences among UTM undergraduate students. It also determined the relationship between their vocabulary learning strategy use and the score of vocabulary levels test. To this end, 100 UTM undergraduate student...

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Main Author:	Tan, Fui Teng
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99997/1/FuiTengMPP2021.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.999972023-03-29T06:14:02Z The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and the score of vocabulary levels test among undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2021 Tan, Fui Teng L Education (General) The present research study was an attempt to determine the vocabulary learning strategy preferences among UTM undergraduate students. It also determined the relationship between their vocabulary learning strategy use and the score of vocabulary levels test. To this end, 100 UTM undergraduate students were selected as the participants of the study based on convenience sampling at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The instrument used in the current research study was Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire which consisting of five different categories of vocabulary learning strategies. The other instrument was Nation’s vocabulary levels test which assessed the learners’ lexical knowledge in term of score base. In order to address the research questions, Pearson Correlation was conducted. The results revealed that the most frequently used vocabulary learning strategy subgroup was Determination Strategy and the least frequent one was Social Strategy. Besides, no significant correlation was found between the score of vocabulary levels test and vocabulary learning strategies. The important implication of the study is that students are necessary to have the awareness of vocabulary learning strategies used in order for them to develop their score of vocabulary levels test more easily and effectively. 2021 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99997/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99997/1/FuiTengMPP2021.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:150064 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities - School of Education
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description	The present research study was an attempt to determine the vocabulary learning strategy preferences among UTM undergraduate students. It also determined the relationship between their vocabulary learning strategy use and the score of vocabulary levels test. To this end, 100 UTM undergraduate students were selected as the participants of the study based on convenience sampling at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The instrument used in the current research study was Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire which consisting of five different categories of vocabulary learning strategies. The other instrument was Nation’s vocabulary levels test which assessed the learners’ lexical knowledge in term of score base. In order to address the research questions, Pearson Correlation was conducted. The results revealed that the most frequently used vocabulary learning strategy subgroup was Determination Strategy and the least frequent one was Social Strategy. Besides, no significant correlation was found between the score of vocabulary levels test and vocabulary learning strategies. The important implication of the study is that students are necessary to have the awareness of vocabulary learning strategies used in order for them to develop their score of vocabulary levels test more easily and effectively.
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title	The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and the score of vocabulary levels test among undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
title_short	The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and the score of vocabulary levels test among undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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The relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and the score of vocabulary levels test among undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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