Do Good EFL and CSL Learners Learn Words in Different Ways?
Introduction
Foreign language teachers might be interested in the effectiveness of vocabulary learning strategies among different foreign language learners. Furthermore, they might want to know whether different second language learners adopt different language learning strategies. English and Chinese are truly distinct in their basic linguistic characters. There are many major differences between English and Chinese. These make foreign language learners face a serious challenge. Chinese does not have an alphabet and that is why CSL learners have huge difficulty in learning Chinese logographic system. On the contrary, Chinese learners may have a hard time reading English and spelling words correctly (Swan, 1997). Research has shown English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and Chinese as a second language (CSL) learners used different language learning strategies when learning vocabulary (Lin, Wu, & Chen, 2014). The current study aims to discover the effectiveness of language learning strategies used by EFL and CSL learners.
Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/imjcr.v3n2a7
Introduction
Foreign language teachers might be interested in the effectiveness of vocabulary learning strategies among different foreign language learners. Furthermore, they might want to know whether different second language learners adopt different language learning strategies. English and Chinese are truly distinct in their basic linguistic characters. There are many major differences between English and Chinese. These make foreign language learners face a serious challenge. Chinese does not have an alphabet and that is why CSL learners have huge difficulty in learning Chinese logographic system. On the contrary, Chinese learners may have a hard time reading English and spelling words correctly (Swan, 1997). Research has shown English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and Chinese as a second language (CSL) learners used different language learning strategies when learning vocabulary (Lin, Wu, & Chen, 2014). The current study aims to discover the effectiveness of language learning strategies used by EFL and CSL learners.
Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/imjcr.v3n2a7
Browse Journals
Journal Policies
Information
Useful Links
- Call for Papers
- Submit Your Paper
- Publish in Your Native Language
- Subscribe the Journal
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contact the Executive Editor
- Recommend this Journal to Librarian
- View the Current Issue
- View the Previous Issues
- Recommend this Journal to Friends
- Recommend a Special Issue
- Comment on the Journal
- Publish the Conference Proceedings
Latest Activities
Resources
Visiting Status
Today | 140 |
Yesterday | 244 |
This Month | 1039 |
Last Month | 6554 |
All Days | 1300472 |
Online | 30 |