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SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MATH SCIENCE
STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Yustian Handoko 112009157
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MATH SCIENCE
STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Yustian Handoko 112009157
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MATH SCIENCE
STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Yustian Handoko 112009157
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STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY
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SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MATH SCIENCE
STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY
Yustian Handoko
Abstract
Vocabulary is the main part in learning English. Learning vocabulary is very difficult especially for English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students. There are many strategies in learning vocabulary. This study aimed to describe the vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) among Math Science students at Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga. They learn English vocabulary just related to Math. A questionnaire was the instrument for the data collection in this research. The participants were 76 male and female students who had taken Math English in second semester of 2012 academic year. The data were collected using questionnaire. The results revealed that Determination strategies were the most frequently used VLS and Memory strategies were the least used.