The study has discovered that the ESL students perceive the substance of vocabulary as a branch of language learning.
However, some strategies such as the learning a word through reading, the use of monolingual dictionary, the use of
various English-language media, and applying new English word in their daily speaking where are related to memory,
determination, metacognitive strategies respectively are popular strategies and the learners are keen in using them. On
the other hand, strategies which require cognitively deeper processing such as putting English labels on physical
objects, listening to tapes of word lists and writing down the new words and their meanings on cards is not mentioned
by participants of this study.