Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Vocabulary Size of ELT Students

This research study aimed at exploring the vocabulary learning strategies, vocabulary size, and the relationship between the vocabulary learning strategies and the vocabulary size of the undergraduate English Language Teaching students at Eastern Mediterranean University. Accordingly, the study addressed the following research questions. (1) What vocabulary learning strategies do the undergraduate English Language Teaching students at Eastern Mediterranean University report to use? (2) What is the vocabulary size of the undergraduate English Language Teaching students at Eastern Mediterranean University? (3) How does vocabulary size of the undergraduate English Language Teaching students at Eastern Mediterranean University relate to their reported vocabulary learning strategy use? This research study was a correlational survey study of descriptive nature. The research study was conducted in the Cyprus Turkish EFL context. The study exploited a vocabulary learning strategy questionnaire and a vocabulary level test selected from the previously conducted research studies. Both instruments were administered to 125 participants on the voluntary basis.