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EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Ability, Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Performance of the Cloze Test

EFL 학습자의 어휘능력, 어휘학습전략과 클로즈 테스트 수행

한미향1

Han, Mihyang1

1진주교육대학교
1Jinju National University of Education
31 August 2022. pp. 143-156
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Abstract
This study examines the relationship between vocabulary ability, vocabulary learning strategy (VLS) use and cloze test performance of Korean college students. Eighty participants took a questionnaire about VLS use, a vocabulary test and a multiple choice cloze test. The result shows that ‘meaning finding strategy’ and ‘memory strategy’ were the most frequently used while ‘metacognitive strategy’ was the least. The students’ VLS use was not positively correlated with their vocabulary ability. However their cloze test performance was positively correlated with their vocabulary ability, which suggests that the cloze test could be an effective tool to improve EFL learners’ vocabulary ability.
Keywords
vocabulary ability
vocabulary learning strategy
vocabulary education
the cloze test
EFL learners
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  • Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
  • Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
  • Volume : 38
  • No :2
  • Pages :143-156
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.38.2.202208.143
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