%0 Journal Article
%T Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners
%A Mohammad Khatib
%A Mohammad Hassanzadeh
%A Saeed Rezaei
%J International Education Studies
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.5539/ies.v4n2p144
%X This study examines the preferred vocabulary learning strategies of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners. In order to identify the aforementioned group in terms of language proficiency, a TOEFL test was administered to a population of 146 undergraduate EFL students at the university of Vali-e-Asr in Rafsanjan, Iran. Those scoring above 480 were arbitrarily labeled as upper-intermediate. Subsequently a questionnaire known as VOLSI (Vocabulary Learning Strategies Inventory) was given to the same subjects to come up with their preferred vocabulary learning strategies. Finally, a stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that 11.4% of the variance in the learners¡¯ L2 proficiency can be accounted for by three strategy categories involving self-motivation, word organization, and authentic language use .In addition, an independent-samples t-test indicated no significant difference between learners¡¯ gender and their VLS choice.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/10496