Validation of a Vocabulary Learning Strategy Scale and Its Relationship to Vocabulary Level Test Scores

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Asian Journal of English Language Teaching ›› 2015, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (1) : 81-112.

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Validation of a Vocabulary Learning Strategy Scale and Its Relationship to Vocabulary Level Test Scores

Mitsuru KUDO¹, Atsushi MIZUMOTO², Takaaki KUMAZAWA³

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The purpose of this study is two-fold: firstly, to validate a questionnaire of self- regulated vocabulary learning strategies (VLS), based on a strategic self-regula- tion (S2R) model of language learning (Oxford, 2011), and secondly, to investi- gate the relationships between self-regulated VLS and vocabulary size. An explanatory factor analysis on the data of 216 Japanese EFL students yielded the following seven factors, which could reflect constructs hypothesized from the S2R model to a reasonable extent: (a) planning for goal achievement, (b) obtaining and using preferred resources, (c) conceptualizing by linking/ combining related vocabulary, (d) planning for positive affective strategies, (e) using auditory sense to understand and remember, (f) generating and main- taining extrinsic motivation, and (g) increasing instrumental motivation. Among the seven strategic vocabulary learning constructs, (b), (c) and (g) were moder- ately correlated to vocabulary size. Furthermore, these strategies were strongly correlated with self-regulatory and planning strategies. The results suggest an integral role for these variables in vocabulary learning.

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Mitsuru KUDO, Atsushi MIZUMOTO, Takaaki KUMAZAWA. Validation of a Vocabulary Learning Strategy Scale and Its Relationship to Vocabulary Level Test Scores[J]. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching. 2015, 25(1): 81-112

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