Abstract: The present study is an attempt to investigate the differences in the use of vocabulary learning strategies between 39 non-English majors and 26 English majors and the correlations thereof with their vocabulary. The instruments adopted a questionnaire, a vocabulary test and individual interviews. Detailed analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data has yielded the findings as follows: 1) The English majors tend to adopt a variety of vocabulary learning strategies; 2) Subjects in different majors are found to be significantly different from each other in several vocabulary learning strategies; 3) There exists a certain correlation between students’ vocabulary learning strategies and their vocabulary.
Key Words: vocabulary; vocabulary strategy; English majors; non-English majors,