VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAT. STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES USING MIND-MAPPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY RETENTION OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AT MILITARY TECHNICAL ACADEMY (SỬ DỤNG BẢN ĐỒ TƯ DUY ĐỀ THIỆN KHẢ NĂNG GHI NHỚ TỪ VỰNG CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHÁT: MỘT NGHIÊN CỨU HÀNH. ĐỘNG TẠI HỌC VIỆN KỸ THUẬT QUÂN SỰ) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodolugy Code: 60140111 Hanoi, 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, IIANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAT. STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYEN THI LIEN USING MIND-MAPPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY RETENTION OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AT MILITARY TECHNICAL ACADEMY (SU DUNG BAN DO TU DUY DE CAI TIMEN KIA NANG GID NHỚ TỪ VUNG CUA SINH VIEN NĂM THỨ NHẬT: MỘT NGHIÊN CUU HANH DONG TAL HOC VIỆN KỸ THUAT QUAN SU) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME TIIESIS Field: English Teaching Methodolugy Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Assoc.
Nguyén Vin D6 Hanoi, 2016 Declaration 1 certify that I myself write this thesis entiled “Using mind-mapping technique to improve vocabulary retention of first-year students: An action research project at Military Technical Academy.” It is not a plagiarism or amade by others. Anything related to others’ works is written in quotation, the sources of which are listed on the list of references. If then the pronouncement proves wrong, I am ready to accept any academic punishment, including the withdrawal or cancellation of my academic degree Signature Abstract Vocabulary is one of the most significant parts of English, and its leaning in an efficient way gets the most attention by language learners. In Vietnam, one of the most difficulties many students face is to learn, memorize and recall word meanings.
So, it should be taught in a way that leamers will be capable of recalling them easily. he purpose of this study was to bring mind-mapping technique to improve vocabulary retention of Vietnamese learners. This study was bascd on action rescarch, m which 32 students m the KS1 Information class at Military Technical Academy were investigated. Based on the purposes of the study, a pre-test and a post-test were used to investigate the effectiveness of mind-mapping on the student’s vocabulary retention.
Also, a survey questionnaire was designed to get the students’ attitudes about this technique in vocabulary leaming and memorizing. After the data were elaborately calculated and analyzed, it mdicated that students were successful in improving vocabulary retention with the implementation of the treatment and they scomed to highly value this teaching wchnique ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. Hee Table of contents.ocsccc Lists of abbreviations. List of tables and figures CITAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationale of the study. Aims of the stuđy. cee eee io 1. Scope of the study ao bà 1.
Significance of the study 1. Method of the study ie là 1. Design of the study CIIAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2. Vocabulary and its importancee.2, The role of vocabulary in second language learning.
Memorizing word meanings "h Vocabulary retention bà ey Types of memory to bo w he wow Strategies of teaching and Ieaming vovabulary Mind-mapping. otwo be tà tà poe TDefnitlen. sec Steps to create a mind map. » tò The significance of mind-mapping in language classroom iv LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Page Figure 1: Action research cycle 18 Table 1: Procedure of the research 21 Table 2: Score mterval of the tests.
24 Figure 2; Comparison between pre-lest and post-test score 25 Table 3: The descriptive statistics of the two tests scores 26 Table 4: Students’ attitudes towards MM technique 27 table 5: The students’ self-evaluation on the effectiveness of MM 28 technique Table 6 : Rehability Statistics Table 7: Item-Total Statistics 31 Table 8: Correlations 32 vill Abstract Vocabulary is one of the most significant parts of English, and its leaning in an efficient way gets the most attention by language learners. In Vietnam, one of the most difficulties many students face is to learn, memorize and recall word meanings. So, it should be taught in a way that leamers will be capable of recalling them easily. he purpose of this study was to bring mind-mapping technique to improve vocabulary retention of Vietnamese learners.
This study was bascd on action rescarch, m which 32 students m the KS1 Information class at Military Technical Academy were investigated. Based on the purposes of the study, a pre-test and a post-test were used to investigate the effectiveness of mind-mapping on the student’s vocabulary retention. Also, a survey questionnaire was designed to get the students’ attitudes about this technique in vocabulary leaming and memorizing. After the data were elaborately calculated and analyzed, it mdicated that students were successful in improving vocabulary retention with the implementation of the treatment and they scomed to highly value this teaching wchnique ii LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS MM: Mind-mapping ‘MMs: Mind maps MTA: Military Technical Academy NEFE: New English File Elementary L1: First language L2.
Reliability analysis and correlations 30 43. Summary 32 CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 5. Limitations of the study. cece 36 REFERENCES 38 APPENDICES LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Page Figure 1: Action research cycle 18 Table 1: Procedure of the research 21 Table 2: Score mterval of the tests.
24 Figure 2; Comparison between pre-lest and post-test score 25 Table 3: The descriptive statistics of the two tests scores 26 Table 4: Students’ attitudes towards MM technique 27 table 5: The students’ self-evaluation on the effectiveness of MM 28 technique Table 6 : Rehability Statistics Table 7: Item-Total Statistics 31 Table 8: Correlations 32 vill Abstract Vocabulary is one of the most significant parts of English, and its leaning in an efficient way gets the most attention by language learners. In Vietnam, one of the most difficulties many students face is to learn, memorize and recall word meanings. So, it should be taught in a way that leamers will be capable of recalling them easily. he purpose of this study was to bring mind-mapping technique to improve vocabulary retention of Vietnamese learners.
This study was bascd on action rescarch, m which 32 students m the KS1 Information class at Military Technical Academy were investigated. Based on the purposes of the study, a pre-test and a post-test were used to investigate the effectiveness of mind-mapping on the student’s vocabulary retention. Also, a survey questionnaire was designed to get the students’ attitudes about this technique in vocabulary leaming and memorizing. After the data were elaborately calculated and analyzed, it mdicated that students were successful in improving vocabulary retention with the implementation of the treatment and they scomed to highly value this teaching wchnique ii 2.
Review of related studies worldwide 2. Review of related studies in Vietnam 2. Gaps in previous research on mind-mapping 2. SUMMALY oe cece essen "¬ ceceneesesevietaeseistaneesetereeaae CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 3.
The context of the study. Action research definition. sess HE HH0 110. Action research procedure.
Data collection mstrument 3. Pre-test and post-test 3. Data collection procedure 3. coi dese ceceneesesevietaeseistaneesetereeaae 3.
CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4. Quantitative description of results from the pre-test and post-test 24 4. The distribution of the test results 24 4. Quantilalive descriptiun uf resulls from the questionnaire 26 42.
Students’ alliludes towards mind mapping lechnique 27 4.2, The students’ self-evaluation on the effectiveness of the MM technique. eee "¬ ceceneesesevietaeseistaneesetereeaae 28 Acknowledgements First and foremost, | would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc. Dr Nguyén Van BS whose reference materials, support, stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me in all stages of this research for and wriling of this thesis. Without his critical comments and valuable suggestions, this research could not have been completed J take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all my teachers in Faculty of Post-Graduate studies, Universily of Languages and International Studies, National University, Ilanoi for their lectures which enable me to gain a lot of theoretical and practical knowledge Furthermore, I want to thank my colleagues and students at Military Technical Academy who helped me carry out the investigation of the study.
Finally, I am really grateful to my family and my husband for their encouragement and support to my process of writing of the thesis. LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS MM: Mind-mapping ‘MMs: Mind maps MTA: Military Technical Academy NEFE: New English File Elementary L1: First language L2. Second language vũ Acknowledgements First and foremost, | would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc. Dr Nguyén Van BS whose reference materials, support, stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me in all stages of this research for and wriling of this thesis.
Without his critical comments and valuable suggestions, this research could not have been completed J take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all my teachers in Faculty of Post-Graduate studies, Universily of Languages and International Studies, National University, Ilanoi for their lectures which enable me to gain a lot of theoretical and practical knowledge Furthermore, I want to thank my colleagues and students at Military Technical Academy who helped me carry out the investigation of the study. Finally, I am really grateful to my family and my husband for their encouragement and support to my process of writing of the thesis. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Page Figure 1: Action research cycle 18 Table 1: Procedure of the research 21 Table 2: Score mterval of the tests. 24 Figure 2; Comparison between pre-lest and post-test score 25 Table 3: The descriptive statistics of the two tests scores 26 Table 4: Students’ attitudes towards MM technique 27 table 5: The students’ self-evaluation on the effectiveness of MM 28 technique Table 6 : Rehability Statistics Table 7: Item-Total Statistics 31 Table 8: Correlations 32 vill Acknowledgements First and foremost, | would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc.
Dr Nguyén Van BS whose reference materials, support, stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me in all stages of this research for and wriling of this thesis. Without his critical comments and valuable suggestions, this research could not have been completed J take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all my teachers in Faculty of Post-Graduate studies, Universily of Languages and International Studies, National University, Ilanoi for their lectures which enable me to gain a lot of theoretical and practical knowledge Furthermore, I want to thank my colleagues and students at Military Technical Academy who helped me carry out the investigation of the study. Finally, I am really grateful to my family and my husband for their encouragement and support to my process of writing of the thesis. Abstract Vocabulary is one of the most significant parts of English, and its leaning in an efficient way gets the most attention by language learners.
In Vietnam, one of the most difficulties many students face is to learn, memorize and recall word meanings. So, it should be taught in a way that leamers will be capable of recalling them easily. he purpose of this study was to bring mind-mapping technique to improve vocabulary retention of Vietnamese learners. This study was bascd on action rescarch, m which 32 students m the KS1 Information class at Military Technical Academy were investigated.
Based on the purposes of the study, a pre-test and a post-test were used to investigate the effectiveness of mind-mapping on the student’s vocabulary retention. Also, a survey questionnaire was designed to get the students’ attitudes about this technique in vocabulary leaming and memorizing. After the data were elaborately calculated and analyzed, it mdicated that students were successful in improving vocabulary retention with the implementation of the treatment and they scomed to highly value this teaching wchnique ii 2. Review of related studies worldwide 2.
Review of related studies in Vietnam 2. Gaps in previous research on mind-mapping 2. SUMMALY oe cece essen "¬ ceceneesesevietaeseistaneesetereeaae CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 3. The context of the study.
Action research definition. sess HE HH0 110. Action research procedure. Data collection mstrument 3.
Pre-test and post-test 3. Data collection procedure 3. coi dese ceceneesesevietaeseistaneesetereeaae 3. CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.