Vocabulary learning strategies for vocabulary learning in literary texts
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Literary texts are made up of lexis which enriches the beauty of scenes described or narrated. This makes them overloaded with vocabulary, sometimes, even daunting learners, particularly foreign language learners. Teachers of literature in an EFL classroom need to consider the difficulty of grasping large amounts of new words. To this end, it is necessary to teach the learners ways of learning vocabulary, by introducing vocabulary learning strategies to aid learners' grasp and retaining. This study aims to describe the application of Vocabulary Learning Strategy (VLS) in an EFL classroom and more precisely with a literary course. In this descriptive paper, a literature review on vocabulary learning strategies will be presented introducing their taxonomies and their importance in an EFL context. In addition, a framework for training learners to use these strategies will be described concerning a short story.
Keywords: literary texts; memory strategies; vocabulary; vocabulary learning strategies.
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