Sadegh Ghafari Farsani - M.A. in TEFL, Instructor, Department of Foreign languages, Farsan Center, Payame Noor University, Farsan, Iran.
Mehdi Pourbafrani - M.A. in TEFL, Instructor, Department of Foreign languages, Nain Center, University of Applied Science and Technology, Nain, Iran.
Ali Ghafari Farsani - M.A. in Educational Psychology, Instructor, Farsan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Farsan, Iran.
Jaber Ahmadi - M.A. in TEFL, Instructor, Department of Foreign languages, Farsan Center, University of Applied Science and Technology, Farsan, Iran.

There has been extensive literature on the teaching of vocabulary of English as a foreign language (EFL vocabulary) in the EFL context. Vocabulary acquisition is a key component to successfully developing communication and literacy skills. The more vocabulary students know, the better they can decode and understand what they read. One way is to assist students in becoming independent learners during the process of L2 vocabulary learning. This could be achieved through instructing learners to apply vocabulary learning strategies as efficiently as possible. The main pursuit of the present paper is to suggest a framework for training EFL learners in vocabulary learning strategies. It is expected that this article could provide an outline of the teaching of EFL vocabulary and some recommendations for future research and practices. In so doing, an account of different taxonomies of vocabulary learning strategies and a rationale for strategy training are presented

Vocabulary learning, EFL contexts, Strategy, Training, Independent learning