EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY TO EFL LEARNERS

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This article explores effective strategies for teaching vocabulary to learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It emphasizes that vocabulary acquisition plays a crucial role in mastering communicative competence and overall language proficiency. In addition to traditional memorization techniques, the study highlights the benefits of contextualized instruction, the use of visual and auditory aids, deep processing activities, game-based learning, collaborative tasks, and technology-enhanced tools such as digital dictionaries, mobile applications, and corpora. The article also discusses the distinction between receptive and productive vocabulary development and provides practical recommendations for balancing both aspects in classroom instruction. Findings suggest that a multimodal approach, exposure to authentic communicative contexts, active learner participation, and personalized teaching methods significantly contribute to improving vocabulary retention and use among EFL learners