Chinese Vocabulary Memorizing Strategies of Third Year Students, Majoring in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University

Abstract

This Research was mixed method research between quantitative and qualitative research, and the objectivity of this research was to study Chinese vocabulary memorizing strategies of the third-year students, majoring in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University. The population was 72 third-year students, majoring in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University, and the purposive sample was 37 third-year students, majoring in Chinese Program(Chinese for Profession) enrolled in semester 1/2022. The tools used for research and data collection were: Questionnaire and interview form about Chinese vocabulary memorization strategies of third-year students in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ,Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University. The research finding showed that 1)Applied Vocabulary Memorizing Strategy had the highest mean (=4.51) ,which used by students, majoring in Chinese Program, from the 2nd form; 2) the 26 students who used Applied Vocabulary Memorizing Strategy were the most, accounted for 70.2%from the 3th form; 3) Interviewing with 37 students majoring in Chinese Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University concluded that students would find a way to memorize words that was Applied Vocabulary Memorizing Strategy and was the most suitable for themselves from 5th from. Keywords: Memorizing Strategies, Chinese Vocabulary,