2.2.5 The Importance of Learning Strategies in Learning Academic Vocabulary
In order to develop academic vocabulary, students in Junior High School need strategies which make them learn these words efficiently and effectively. As
Larson, Dixon, and Townsend 2013: 17 argue that “in order to make sense of increasingly dense academic texts, middle level students must possess strategies
to understand and use words, which will, with other types of text-based support, increase comprehension.” It is clear that students must have strategies in learning
and developing their academic vocabulary.In order to figure out the meaning of unknown words, students may use different strategies depending on the context of
the text. Haynes and Zacarian 2010: 55 state that “students must be provided with
strategies for figuring out and remembering new words, and multiple opportunities to us
e new vocabulary and practice it repeatedly.” It means,by providing appropriate strategies for the students to learn vocabulary, it can help
them to figure out the meaning of unknown words effectively and efficiently. Besides, learning vocabulary should be done continously and using these new
words to practice in various contexts could be effective way to learn academic vocabulary.
The importance of direct and explicit teaching of word-learning strategies also be highlighted by Kelley, et al
.2010: 10 who state that “in order for students to be better able to work through more challenging texts, they need direct and
explicit teaching of word-learning strategies regularly and frequent review of these strategies.” In other words, we can say that direct and explicit teaching of
word- learning strategies are needed to make students able to find out the meaning unknown words and comprehend these words in meaningful context. However,
the strategies used should be evaluated as they are used in different context of the texts.
Based on the previous researchers‟ opinion above, the writer concludes that the importance of learning strategies in learning academic vocabulary is as a way
for the students to learn, understand, and comprehend academic vocabularymore effectively and successfully.
2.2.6 The Use of List-Group-Label LGL Strategy in Learning Academic
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