In foreign language teaching, teachers not only want learners to understand words but to be able to use them actively as well. The first question in this study in linked to context: are words that were presented in the context of a text one week better remembered a week later than words that were presented in the form of a list? Secondly, is the fact that learners say they know word one week a good predictor of whether learners actually know the words as proven through a post-test the following week? This study attempts to provide answers to these questions and to provide some concrete ideas for making learners aware of the strategies they use or could use.+repphzhbib2008
