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This research aims to know students' strategies when learning vocabulary. About the strategy, there are five vocabulary learning strategies obtained by researcher based on Schmitt, (2000) namely determination strategy, social strategy, memory strategy, cognitive strategy, and metacognitive strategy. In these five strategies, the researcher wants to know what strategies are used by students at MTs Ash-Shalihin, and why their vocabulary has not improved. To find out which strategies students use for learning vocabulary, the researcher used survey method. In the survey method, the researcher found that the most common strategy used by students in the second grade at MTS Ash Shalihin in learning vocabulary is social strategy. Researcher noted each result from the data and sources obtained on average they always use this social strategy in learning anything. Most of them are comfortable with the situations they experience in using social strategies but this by itself is not enough for them to grasp any learning, especially vocabulary. Most of them quickly forget what they learn because the strategy forces them to practice everything without learning the basics first. This research finds that every student in the second grade at MTs Ash-Shalihin uses social strategy to communicate with the people around them. The most common strategy was "social strategy" 48%, followed by "determination and cognitive strategy" 14%, "memory strategy" 13%, and "metacognitive strategy" 11%. Many students choose this social style because they enjoy direct communication, but they do it out of curiosity and rarely assess. As a result, this communication is not effective since individuals communicate according to their preferences.

Investigation, Learning Vocabulary, Students Strategies