Investigating the relationship between the use of vocabulary learning strategies and English language attainment
Investigating the relationship between the use of vocabulary learning strategies and English language attainment

Summary/Abstract: Despite numerous irrefutable accomplishments in the field of vocabulary learning and learning strategies, it can be observed that there are still areas of research that have received only scant focus in the Polish context, and one of them is the relationship between the use of vocabulary learning strategies and attainment in the mastery of this language subsystem. Because of that, this research project attempts to contribute to the scarcity of quantitative investigations in the realm of vocabulary learning strategies by presenting the findings of a study which sought to establish the general pattern of vocabulary learning strategy use among Polish university students whose major subject was English and the relationship between their overall, categorical, and individual frequency of vocabulary strategy use and performance in vocabulary tests. As for the results, the study found that the participants’ overall vocabulary learning strategy use, on the average, was of medium-high frequency. Furthermore, Pearson’s correlation coefficients showed a positive relationship between overall and categorical application of strategic devices and vocabulary attainment. At the microlevel, the findings showed that most of the individual vocabulary learning strategy items were positively correlated with vocabulary test scores. Above all, it is hoped that the current work will contribute not only to a better understanding of the significance of vocabulary learning and vocabulary learning strategies, but will also lead to further investigations in the field.

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