VOCABULARY LEARNING AND VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES

Abstract

     Vocabulary learning is an important component  in  language  learning  and  of  critical  importance  to  the  typical  language  learner.  It is a basic constituent of learning a language. If students lack vocabulary they  will  be  unable  to  function  in  any  particular communication. Also, the grammar  or  the structure  of  a  language  is also important.  But if we wish to express ourselves effectively we need enough vocabulary. The more words we know, the better we understand what we read and listen to. Unfortunately, the  importance of  vocabulary  teaching  is being neglected  by  most  of  the  language  teachers. They assume  that  their  students  will  learn  words  incidentally. It  is  thought  that  vocabulary  expansion  will  happen  through  the  practice  of  other  language skills. Teachers  need  to   be  aware  of  and  expand  vocabulary  teaching  techniques. Furthermore, the language  teacher  needs  to have a deep knowledge on Vocabulary Language Strategies, thus  find  systematic  ways  of  helping  learners  in  building  vocabulary. This paper deals  with  some  of  the  ways  vocabulary  is  taught by pointing out the Vocabulary Learning, Learning Strategies and Vocabulary Learning  Strategies.