This study aimed to find out the vocabulary knowledge with regard to the learning strategies and level of competency in Identifying British and American term equivalents among Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies (ABELS) students at the Visayas State University (VSU). The first set of respondents composed of forty-two (42) participants answered a survey questionnaire about how often they apply the indicated vocabulary learning strategies. The research followed a descriptive method using a research instrument adopted from Medhi and Brick's study (2010). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that 52% of the vocabulary learning strategies were "often" applied by the respondents. This was followed by 32% "sometimes", 11% "always", 2% "rarely", and for the least, 1% "never". The study concluded that vocabulary learning is vital to all language learners as they continue to learn more about the form and meaning of the words in the English language. It is, therefore, necessary to develop effective teaching and learning strategies for the the learners to know more about the current usage, word structure, and evolution of word meanings. The second set of data was gathered from forty (40) ABELS students at VSU. The respondents answered a Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS) test from Wesche and Paribackht (1996) for the pre-test followed by a post-test in which they were to identify British and American term equivalents. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. To determine the relationship between the two variables, Wilcoxon test statistic method was used. Findings revealed that from 73% during pre-test results, there were 3% fair-scaled respondents in post-test. Using the Wilcoxon test of means, 18% of the respondents remained to be in good scale. Test results showed an increase of very good scale from 0% during pre-test to 68% in post-test which entailed that there is a positive relationship between the respondents' vocabulary knowledge and their level of competency in identifying British and American term equivalents. This means that having a high vocabulary knowledge can be helpful and can highly contribute to the level of one's competency in identifying British and American term equivalents. While as a whole, the students have a positive attitude toward the use of their vocabulary knowledge, there is still a need to develop further develop their vocabulary learning strategies to improve their level of vocabulary competency.
