FRANSISKUS MEO BAS Pengarang MARCELINUS YERI FERNANDEZ AKOLI Dosen Pembimbing 2 LENI AMELIA SUEK Dosen Pembimbing 1 Yanpitherzon Liunokas Ketua Penguji Marcelinus Yeri Fernandez Akoli Penguji 2 Leni Amelia Suek Penguji 1

Learners need to master vocabulary as the basis of language learning. However, in Indonesia where English is taught as a foreign language, vocabulary is often taught incidentally and only given little priority. Due to the importance of vocabulary, strategy is needed in language learning. As the part of learning strategy, vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) will facilitate learners to develop their vocabulary. The purpose of this research is to know what are learning strategies used by eighth graders of SMPN Satu Atap Nunhala Kefamenanu in the academic year 2021/2022. The sub-questions are: (1) What are learning strategies used by students in learning vocabulary? (2) Why do students prefer use those strategies? The method used in this research is the descriptive qualitative method. The instruments in this research were interview and questionnaire. In this study, the writer used primary data collection from eighth-graders of SMP Satu Atap Negeri Nunhala, Kefamenenu. It consists of 86 students. They are divided into 3 classes, they are Class A, Class B, and Class C. The writer has chosen one class for this research. The primary data of this research is related to the students’ strategies for learning English vocabulary. The writer chose the eighth graders of SMP Satu Atap Negeri Nunhala as the data source because the writer intended to know the effectiveness of their English learning and also their learning strategies. The samples of the research were twenty-five students. The results of the study showed that there were some strategies faced by the students. The writer analyzed the strategies and divided them into five strategies, such determination strategies, social strategies, memory strategies, cognitive strategies, and metacognitive strategies Keywords: Vocabulary, Eighth Graders Students, Strategy, Learning, Learning strategy, Vocabulary Learning Strategy