Abstract
Abstract. Vocabulary is one of the most important elements in learning foreign languages, which is the foundation to developing language competence. The main premise of the paper focuses on the background of vocabulary knowledge and then analyses the hurdles that English major students may encounter when engaging in learning languages and the factors that provoke communicative misunderstanding. The paper below suggests certain effective strategies to better help the Englishmajor students through an English – American literature courseat Quang Binh University.
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