Vocabulary learning strategies are a part of language learning strategies
which in turn are a part of general learning strategies (Nation 2001, p. 217).
Therefore, the definition of vocabulary learning strategy stems from that for language
learning strategies (Catalan 2003, p. 55). Cameron (2001, p. 92) defines vocabulary
learning strategies as “the actions that learners take to help themselves understand and
remember vocabulary items”. Catalan (2003, p. 56) adopts the definition of
vocabulary learning strategies from Rubin (1987); Wenden (1987); Oxford (1990);
and Schmitt (1997) as the working definition in her study as “knowledge about the
mechanisms (processes, strategies) used in order to learn vocabulary as well as steps
or actions taken