... CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE Learning a second language involves the manipulation of four main skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. One crucial factor in all four skills ... population size in the study was small, the findings of this study have highlighted preliminary indications of the vocabulary learning strategies used by the intermediate L2 learners and their ... tasks Rubin [17, p.19] set of operations, steps, plans, routines what learners do to facilitate the obtaining, storage, retrieval, & use of information; to regulate learning Wenden...