BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DÂN LẬP HẢI PHÒNG ------------------------------- ISO 9001:2015 KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP NGÀNH: NGÔN NGỮ ANH Sinh viên : Nguyễn Thị Lan Hương Giảng viên hướng dẫn : ThS. Phan Thị Mai Hương HẢI PHÒNG - 2018 i MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HAIPHONG PRIVATE UNIVERSITY ----------------------------------- A STUDY ON THE VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY 2ND-YEAR ENGLISH MAJORS STUDENTS AT HAI PHONG PRIVATE UNIVERSITY. GRADUATION PAPER Student : Nguyen Thi Lan Huong Class : NA1802 Supervisor : Phan Thi Mai Huong (M.A) HẢI PHÒNG - 2018 ii BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DÂN LẬP HẢI PHÒNG -------------------------------------- NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Sinh viên: Nguyễn Thị Lan Hương Mã SV:1412751047 Lớp: NA1802 Ngành:Ngôn Ngữ Anh Tên đề tài: “A study on the vocabulary learning strategies employed by 2nd-year English majors students at Hai Phong Private University .” iii NHIỆM VỤ ĐỀ TÀI 1. Nội dung và các yêu cầu cần giải quyết trong nhiệm vụ đề tài tốt nghiệp ( về lý luận, thực tiễn, các số liệu cần tính toán và các bản vẽ).
Các số liệu cần thiết để thiết kế, tính toán. Địa điểm thực tập tốt nghiệp. iv CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP Người hướng dẫn thứ nhất: Họ và tên:. Học hàm, học vị:.
Nội dung hướng dẫn:. Người hướng dẫn thứ hai: Họ và tên:. Học hàm, học vị:. Nội dung hướng dẫn:.
Đề tài tốt nghiệp được giao ngày tháng năm Yêu cầu phải hoàn thành xong trước ngày tháng năm Đã nhận nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Đã giao nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Sinh viên Người hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày .năm 2018 Hiệu trưởng GS.NGƯT Trần Hữu Nghị v TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 2 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION. Objectives of the study. Scope of the study.
Method of the study. Design of the study. 5 CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE REVIEW. Language learning strategies.1 The definitions of learning strategies.2 The characteristics of learning strategies .3 Classifications of learning strategies .3 Vocabulary and vocabulary learning strategies .1 Construct of knowing a word .2 Vocabulary learning strategies.
16 CHAPTER 3 - THE STUDY .4 Data collection procedure .5 Data analysis procedure .1 Applying Determination strategies to learning English vocabulary .2 Applying Social strategies to learning English vocabulary .3 Applying Memory strategies to learning vocabulary .4 Applying Cognitive strategies to learning vocabulary .5 Applying Metacognitive strategies to learning vocabulary.6 Overall vocabulary learning strategy use .7 The differences in the use of vocabulary learning strategies in terms of gender. 38 CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION .1 Vocabulary Learning Strategies used by the student of 2nd-year English majors at HPU: What and How often? .2 The differences in the use of vocabulary learning strategies in terms of gender.1 Summary and Implications .2 Limitations and suggestions for further study .46 vii LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Components of learning strategies. 7 Table 2: Features of language learning strategies. 8 Table 3: Direct learning strategies.
12 Table 4: Indirect learning strategies. 14 Table 6: Taxonomy of vocabulary learning strategies. 22 Table 7: Vocabulary Learning Strategies in The Questionnaire. 27 Table 8: The questionnaire .28 Table 9: Comparisons of Strategy Use by Gender.
38 viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Students’ use of DET strategies in vocabulary learning. 30 Figure 2: Students’ use of SOC strategies in vocabulary learning. 31 Figure 3: Students’ use of MEM strategies in vocabulary learning. 33 Figure 4: Students’ use of COG strategies in vocabulary learning.
34 Figure 5: Students’ use of MET strategies in vocabulary learning. 35 Figure 6: Statistics of five groups of vocabulary learning strategies. 39 ix ACKNOWLEDGMENT During the process of doing this graduation paper, I have received many necessary assistances, precious ideas and timely encouragements from my teachers, family and friends. This paper could not have been completed without the help, encouragement and support from a number of people who all deserve my sincerest gratitude and appreciation.
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the teachers of The Foreign Languages Department of HaiPhong Private University, who have imparted golden knowledge to me. From these support, I was able to improve my English skills and have a solid background to make my dream come true. Secondly, I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor – Mrs. Phan Thi Mai Huong, the English teacher of English Department, who has always been willing to give me valuable advices and suggestions in order that I can complete successfully this study.
I am so thankful to students of K21 at the Foreign Language Department for their whole – heart participation in the study. I would like to acknowledge my thanks to all the authors of the books, magazines, and the other materials listed in the reference part for their ideas that have been reflected and developed in the study. I am equally indebted to my classmates for their suggestions and encouragements in the process of my study. Last but not least, my particular thanks are given to my parents for their encouragement and support which played an important role in my graduation paper.
1 ABSTRACT One of the most important challenges that learners will face during the process of second language learning is vocabulary learning. Vocabulary has been recognized as crucial to language use in which insufficient vocabulary knowledge of the learners led to difficulties in second language learning. Thus, in the case of learning the vocabulary in second language, students need to be educated with vocabulary learning strategies. The purpose of this study was to examine and develop effective vocabulary learning strategies of HPU (HaiPhong Private University) second-year English majors.
The sample of the study consists of twenty-five students (fifty-five female students and ten male students from K21), all of them are junior students at English Department (ED) at HPU. Hence, the method of conducting is an open-ended interview that was conducted individually with twenty-five students in HPU. The strategies such as the learning a word through reading, the use of monolingual dictionary, the use of various English language media, and applying new English word in their daily conversation where are related to memory, determination, metacognitive strategies respectively are popular strategies and the learners are keen in using them. 2 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationale “Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed. The saying sounds very familiar with many people. However, the researcher still wants to repeat it once more to confirm the importance of vocabulary in any language. “If a language could be considered as a house, then its grammar could be considered as cement and its vocabulary could be figuratively compared to bricks.
To build a complete house, no only cement but also bricks are needed. Without bricks, no house can be built, even when plenty of high quality cement is available. This means that to be a competent English communicator, one must acquire a good knowledge of English grammar and have a rich amount of English vocabulary as well. Vocabulary is an essential element of language.
Whether in speaking or writing, learners need vocabulary to communicate and understand others. In many cases, learners produce grammatically incorrect sentences, but they still get their message across if they use key words appropriately. In other cases, learners may feel uncomfortable because they fail to employ certain words, or do not know the words to express themselves. Vocabulary is not only indispensable for personal communication, but also for academic study.
In fact, many standardized tests require knowledge of vocabulary such as TOFFLE, IELTs, GMAT, etc. For this reason, learners must give high priority to learning and developing their knowledge of vocabulary. For a long time in the past, methodologists have continuously kept seeking effective ways to teach English vocabulary but learning English. Teacher’s role and teaching tools have been paid so much attention.
Fortunately, it has been witnessed that there has been a prominent shift in the field of language teaching and learning over the last few decades with greater emphasis being put on learners and learning rather than on teachers and teaching. This change has been reflected in various ways in language education and in applied linguistics. Many books on learning strategies have been introduced by such experts as Oxford (1990), O’Malley and Charmot (1990), Nunan (1991), Nation (1990) and so on. Some books on vocabulary learning strategies have been 3 written by such scholars as Nation (1982, 1990, and 2001), Rubin and Thompson (1994) and Taylor (1990), etc.
In Vietnam, there has so far been some research on vocabulary learning strategies. However, research on vocabulary learning strategies employed by students at HPU. As a student of English Major, I have dealt with many questions relating to vocabulary learning which are raised by students. For example, what are the effective ways of learning vocabulary? How to retain a new word in the mind? Personally I found it necessary to provide to them successful learning strategies to learn English words.
This is the major reason why this topic interests me. Objectives of the study The objective of the study is to explore what strategies are commonly used by students in learning vocabulary and the relationship between the use of vocabulary learning strategies and the gender. In order to establish a theoretical framework for the investigation in this thesis, the literature on language learning strategies, vocabulary learning and related issues is reviewed. Research Questions The study set out to seek answers to the following research questions: 1.
What vocabulary learning strategies are commonly used by the students of 2nd-year English majors at Hai Phong Private University (HPU)? 2.Do students’ gender have any impacts on their use of vocabulary learning strategies? 4. Scope of the study The study was designed to investigate vocabulary learning strategies which are employed by the students of the students of 2nd-year English majors at Hai Phong Private University (HPU)? It also finds out the differences in the use of vocabulary learning (VL) strategies among groups of students in relation to gender. The findings obtained from this study were to help improve teaching and learning English in general and teaching and learning English vocabulary in particular at HPU. Method of the study In order to achieve the aims of the study mentioned above, the quantitative analysis is the main tool for analyzing the data, which is collected from the questionnaire.
After the data is analyzed and discussed, the findings will be showed and some conclusions will be drawn and some suggestions will be raised in the thesis. Design of the study The thesis is divided into five chapters: Chapter 1 includes the rationale, the subjective, the research questions, the scope, the method and the design of the study. Chapter 2 covers the information about vocabulary learning strategy research, some basis concepts related to learning strategies and vocabulary learning. In addition, learning strategies and learning strategy classification are reviewed to set up the theoretical framework for the investigation in the next chapter.
In chapter 3, the study is presented. It includes the context of the study, the research questions, the research method, the study participants and the findings of the study. Chapter 4 discusses the use of vocabulary learning strategies by the students of 2nd-year English majors at Hai Phong Private University (HPU) and the differences among groups of students by gender. In the last chapter, chapter 5 contains some conclusions and some limitations of the study as well as suggestions for further research.
5 CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction In this chapter, a brief review of learning strategy research is given; some basic concepts related to learning strategies and vocabulary learning are also presented. In addition, the classification of learning strategies in general and vocabulary learning strategies in particular are reviewed to set up the theoretical framework for the investigation in the next chapter.