Strategies in Learning English Vocabulary Among Twelfth Graders in Xuan Dinh High School

ABSTRACT Vocabulary learning is an immense journey which leaves its trademarks in all of the four skills. It places an upheaval importance in every EFL learner’s process of acquiring it. The aim of this study was to identify the vocabulary learning strategies in terms of frequency patterns and the differences between Social Science and Natural Science students. 151 Xuan Dinh non-majoring in English students participated in the research. The study utilized quantitative method with questionnaires as the representative. Descriptive statistics, including means and standard deviations and response percentages were analyzed to compile the responses to the discovery and consolidation strategies. The findings reveal that consolidation sub-group’s cognitive and discovery sub-group’s determination were more widely used among students than other strategies and Social Science students tended to use discovery group more than Natural Science pupils. Based on the findings of the study, understanding students’ strategy use may enable EFL teachers to incorporate vocabulary learning strategy training in English lessons in Xuan Dinh high school and improve students’ vocabulary learning strategies in accordance to their majors. Keywords: Vocabulary learning strategies; EFL learners; frequency; Xuan Dinh high school