Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Turkish EFL Students at Karabük University

This study aims to find out the frequency of the use of foreign language vocabulary learning strategies employed by turkish efl students at karabuk university. the second aim of the study is to investigate the connection between the frequency of vocabulary learning strategies and field of study, achievement and student status i.e. regular or evening students. in the article, a vocabulary learning strategy (vls) questionnaire, which is an adapted version proposed by gu & johnson (1996), was administered to 158 turkish efl students. the data were analyzed through spss (statistical package for the social sciences). descriptive, correlation and regression analyses were implemented in order to answer the research questions. the results indicated that the participants had a moderate level of vocabulary learning strategies. statistically significant differences were observed among the participants from different fields in terms of top-down strategies, note taking strategies, repetition strategies, activation strategies, and anxiety level. the results indicated that regular and evening students differed in terms of topdown strategies, dictionary strategies, memory/ repetition strategies, and activation strategies. finally, selective attention, using linguistic clues, and anxiety were found to be important predictors of academic success.