EFL learners ABSTRACT Learning vocabulary has always been a major concern for second/foreign language researchers, and particularly in recent years self-regulation, locus of control and learners’ preference for learning have been the focus in the related literature. This study intended to investigate the relationship among EFL learners’ self-regulation, locus of control, and preference for vocabulary acquisition. To this end, 116 EFL university students (79 female, 37 male) participated in the study. In order to collect the required data, two questionnaires and one vocabulary levels test were utilized: The ICI to measure learners’ locus of control, SRCvoc to measure learners’ self-regulation, and VLT to measure learners’ vocabulary size. The results reveal that there was a significant relationship between EFL learners’ locus of control and preference for vocabulary acquisition. Additionally, the results reveal that locus of control could significantly predict the vocabulary acquisition preference. Furthermore, the findings reveal that: (a) there was no significant relationship between EFL learners’ self-regulation and preference for vocabulary acquisition, (b) there was no significant relationship between EFL learners’ self-regulation and locus of control, and (c) self-regulation could not significantly predict vocabulary acquisition preference.

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外语学习者自我调节，控制源和词汇习得偏好之间的关系

EFL学习者摘要学习词汇一直是第二/外语研究者的主要关注点，尤其是近年来，自我调节，控制源和学习者对学习的偏爱一直是相关文献的重点。这项研究旨在调查EFL学习者的自我调节，控制源和词汇习得偏好之间的关系。为此，有116名EFL大学生（79名女性，37名男性）参加了这项研究。为了收集所需的数据，使用了两个调查表和一个词汇水平测试：ICI衡量学习者的控制源，SRCvoc衡量学习者的自我调节，VLT衡量学习者的词汇量。结果表明，英语学习者的学习控制源与词汇习得偏好之间存在显着关系。此外，结果表明控制源可以显着预测词汇习得偏好。此外，研究结果还表明：（a）EFL学习者的自我调节与对词汇习得的偏好之间没有显着关系；（b）EFL学习者的自我调节与控制源之间没有显着关系；并且（ c）自我调节不能显着预测词汇习得偏好。