Analysis of the Relation between Phonological Memory and Long Term Memory on Foreign Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Learning is not only an innate skill that comes naturally. it is also an acquired ability which is influenced culturally by environment. language learning is one of the most impressive compositions for personal human development and socialization. the influential aspect of language learning theories is cognitive learning theory that underlines humans' language learning. vocabulary acquisition is the sub- field of cognitive linguistics that has been the major concept for researchers. vocabulary acquisition has been studied with phonological memory which plays an important role in l1 and l2 learning. the present study analyzed supplemented vocabulary acquisition with 149 students, who have been learning two languages, apart from their first language. the researchers attempt to find out effect of the phonological memory and long term memory on the learning of second language vocabulary acquisition. this study with one hundred forty nine (99-bosnian, 24-english and 26-turkish) adolescent investigated the effects of phonological memory and long term memory on l2 vocabulary acquisition at the international school of sarajevo. this paper analyzed the effects of the phonological memory and long term memory underlying foreign vocabulary acquisition in adolescents by testing the influence of supplemented vocabulary knowledge.