한국 대학생들의 영어 어휘 전략 사용에 관한 연구

A study on vocabulary learning strategies used by Korean EFL college students.

This paper presents how Korean EFL college students perceive the importance of vocabulary knowledge, and how their perceptions are different according to their English proficiency. It also examines the students’ use of vocabulary learning strategies, and how it differs according to their English proficiency. The relationship between the students’ use of vocabulary learning strategies and their English proficiency is examined as well. In addition, the study seeks to identify the most significant factor affecting the students’ English proficiency. The participants were 94 students attending college in Seoul. The participants answered questionnaires. The scores of TOEIC tests were analyzed to examine the students’ English proficiency. The results revealed that the participants perceived vocabulary as the weakest and the most urgent area of their English. The use of strategy, ‘Guessing from textual context’, was significantly correlated with the participants’ English proficiency, and was found to be the most significant factor affecting their English proficiency. Implications and limitations are discussed.