... important basis to gain all other skills. Vocabulary deficiency leads to poor reading comprehension, poor listening comprehension, poor writing performance, poor conversational competence and ... important for both production and comprehension in a foreign language. Knowing a word involves knowing:- 12 -attributed to vocabulary learning strategies and to training students in the strategies ... need a wide array of target language words to be able to tackle successfully both production and comprehension activities in the second or foreign language. One way to help learners to enhance...