Strategies of cognitive vocabulary learining

Abstract

We can never overstate the power of words. It is one of the greatest tools that can be offered to students , not only in their levels of education , but in life. Teaching and learning vocabulary deals straightforwardly with vocabulary since the latter is the basic of the four language skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading. When students’ vocabulary store is weak their attempt to use the language is will decreases, and the opposite. This research investigates the value of vocabulary in language learning. It aims at investigating and analyzing vocabulary learning problems encountered by EFL learners at middle school, and studies how human memory works and provides different cognitive learning strategies for better vocabulary attainment.