What's in a word?

The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the range of learning strategies that students adopt when they learn new vocabulary, to identify the two most popular vocabulary learning strategies, and to find out which of these two is more effective. The research project is based on the data gathered with the help of students, who participated in filling questionnaires and completing different tasks. The research revealed that the two most popular vocabulary learning strategies are rotatory learning and learning with visual aids. The rotatory learning is used by a high percentage of students, and this strategy seems to be very effective as well.