Name: Mirnawati
NIM: F42111035
Vocabulary is so important to be learned by English learner to learn
writing, listening, speaking and reading. Like David Wilkins as a Prussian orientalist
states that without grammar, very little can be
conveyed, and without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed. Although some teachers may think that
vocabulary learning is easy, learning new vocabulary items has always been challenging for the
learners. However,
with the development of many countries, some
researchers require some learning strategies for mastering English vocabulary.
Based on Oxford
(1990), language learning strategies are specific
actions taken by learner to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, more
self-directed, more effective, and more transferrable to new situation. Oxford
(1990) has proposed more comprehensive model of
learning strategies in which six categories, classified into two groups of
direct strategies and direct strategies.
In this essay, Memory (direct strategies) and Meta-cognitive (indirect
strategies) has been selected for mastering English vocabulary.
Memory
strategies help learners to store vocabulary and then retrieve it when needed
for communication (Oxford, 1990). Memory
strategies have divided into four strategies, which creating mental linkages,
applying images and sounds, reviewing well and employing action. For example, using creating mental linkages, learner can
try to grouping some of verbs, adjectives or adverbs. Learner also can
use applying images and sounds, for example using
imagery like the sound of snake and so on.
Metacognitive
strategies help learners to involve planning, thinking about the learning
process as it is taking place, and monitoring, and evaluating one’s progress (Oxford, 1990). Metacognitive strategies have
divided into three strategies, which centering learning, examining and
monitoring, learning and evaluating learning. Besides
that, by examining and monitoring of learning
strategies, students have more chances of success in meeting their learning
goals (Anderson, 2002a). For example, when
reading, student can use context to guess meaning of some unknown vocabulary
items. To monitor their use of this strategy, they should pause and check
dictionary to see if meaning they guessed makes sense in the text. If not,
student can go back and modify or change their strategy.
Furthermore, learning strategies can help students to
develop their ability in learning. Task of language teacher is to help students
become understand about what they learned. Some learning strategies above can
be done to develop students mental processing of language and help student to
be more enjoy in English vocabulary mastery since those strategies will make
class enjoy and dealing successfully with a language vocabulary.
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