Аннотация:In the study we modeled two variants of second language vocabulary acquisition: contextual presentation and paired associates learning. Subjects (31 Russian students) had to either learn new vocabulary items or to elicit the meaning of the new words from the context. In both cases we tracked S's eye movements during the learning process with EyeLink 1000. In paired associates task we defined learning strategies based on S's free report according to the levels of processing theory (Craik, Tulving, 1975; Velichkovsky, 2006) and previous research in SL vocabulary learning (Atkinson, Raugh, 1975; Beaton et al., 1995). In word recognition task we used learning strategies defined by H.Nassaji (Nassaji, 2003). In both tasks the results indicated dependence of recall score on the techniques used. Specific eye-movement patterns for each strategy were distinguished. Also significant differences in recall score and learning techniques were found in the results of experienced and inexperienced learners.