VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HA NOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST —- GRADUATE STUDIES USING DIALOGUES TO TEACH VOCABULARY FOR THE SECOND-YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY SU DUNG DOAN HOI THOAI DE DAY TU VUNG CHO SINH VIEN KHONG CHUYEN TIENG ANH NAM THU HAI CUA TRUONG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI M. MINOR PROGRAMME THES : English Teaching Methodology : ñ0. 10 TTanai — 2013 VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSIT Y-HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST — GRADUATE STUDIES —. VU THU TRANG USING DIALOGUES TO TEACH VOCABULARY FOR THE SECOND-YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HANOL UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY SU DUNG DOAN HOI THOAI DE DAY TU VUNG CHO SINH VIEN KHONG CHUYEN TIENG ANH NAM THU HAI CUA TRUONG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP HÀ NỘI M.
MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code : 60. 10 Supervisor CAN ‘THE CHANG DUYEN, MA Hanoi — 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration i Acknowledgements ii Abstract 1H Table of contents vi PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Aims of the sludy tà ws 3. Research question tà.
Scope of the study Ow Ow 6. Significance of the study 7. Design of the study kw PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW ke 1. Teaching vocabulary in context 1.
Definition of context kh we 1. Context and vocabulary teaching & learning 1.3, Guessing and inferencing strategy OA 1. Advantages and disadvantages of corfext in vocabulary teaching and 11 leaming. Dialogues as a context for teaching vocabulary 12 2.
‘Types of dialogue 12 2. Grammar-demonstration dialogue 13 2. Conversation-facilitation dialogue 13 iv appropriately. As a result, using context to teach vooabulary is considered as one of ofleclive vocabulary leaching techriquc 1.
Context and vocabulary teaching & learning Learning vocabulary is an important factor in fluent second language (L2) speech. Researchers have tried to find effective ways of teaching L2 vacabulary to L2 learners. Different methods like glosses, mnemonic devices, and morphological and syntactic analyses are some examples of the attempts of second language teaching researchers lo find practical ways of teaching 1. From among all the proposed methods, contextualization has received special attention, Webb (2007) points to the fact that different aspects of a word like its semantic relationships, syntagmatic and paradigmatic associations, and oven ils collocational behavior can be learned through context.
It is believed that context can have a positive effect on vocabulary acquisition of L2 leamers. Researchers like Engelbert and Theuerkauf (1999) refer to the positive effect of context on vocabulary learning reported m the literature. Corrigan (2007) loo claims that seeing vocabulary items in the context provides learners with information about the characteristic features of that word and the linguistic context in which that specific word occurs. Gardner (2007) argues thal many words in English have multiple meanings which are context-dependent.
When one iries ta teach those words isolated from contexl, they lose their meanings and become vague. In the work namely “The book of Leaming and Forgetting”, Frank Smith asserts “Teaching one word al a time out of context is the worst way of teaching vocabulary, with rapid forgetting almost guaranteed.” In his opinion, people assimilate new words from context the first time they read them, “provided that gist of the material being read is both interesting and comprehensible. Within five more encounters, the wort and ils conventional meaning are usually firmly established in the mind of the reader. Features of dialogue 2.4, Objective features and situational features 2.
Stages of teaching, dialogues 2. Production Stage CHAPTER II: ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING CONTEXT AT HANOL UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY 2. Students and their background 2. Teachers and teaching methods ie» kệ3N bà 2.3, Material and facilities 2.
Remarks ou dialogues in the course baok CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 3. Rationale for the use of an action research 3. Action research procedure 3. Background of the study 3.
Dala collection imstruments 3. Data collection procedure CIIAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. RATIONALE Hammer (1991) states “If language structure makes up the skeleton of Ianguage, then it is vocabulary that provides the vital organs and flesh”. It is clearly seen from this statement that vocabulary is central to language and is of great significance in language Jeaming, In the past, the importance of vocabulary teaching and learning was generally neglected for a long time, yet in recent years, the nature of vocabulary and its role in learning and teaching has been an imcreasingly inleresting lopic of discussion for researches, teachers, curriculum designers, theorists and others imvolved in second language learning.
Accordingly, numerous research studies related to this topic have been camied oul. It comes to a conclusion based on the rescarch findings that “Through research the scholars are finding that lexical problems frequently interfere with communication: communication breaks down when people do not use (he right words " (Allen 1983). ‘This highlights the significance of vocabulary in classroom teaching, for without vocabulary it is hardly possible to communicate. When teaching the second-year students at llanoi University of industry, the writer finds out that vocabulary learning is a big problem to the students.
For young leamers, perhaps it is less difficull to learn voesbulary items for the [ist time thant to consolidate and remember them. We often hear young leamers complain that they keep learning and forgetting. When English language young learners are acquiring ew vocabulary, they need concrete methods to collect, store, and retrieve words for retention and future use. Therefore, it is necessary to find out effective methods to help young leamers relain new words in long-term memory.
According to Oxford and Crookall (1988), leammg words in context is an effective vocabulary learning strategy and a main approach to improve vocabulary knowledge. This has urged the researcher to carry out this action research. As a result, using context to teach vooabulary is considered as one of ofleclive vocabulary leaching techriquc 1. Context and vocabulary teaching & learning Learning vocabulary is an important factor in fluent second language (L2) speech.
Researchers have tried to find effective ways of teaching L2 vacabulary to L2 learners. Different methods like glosses, mnemonic devices, and morphological and syntactic analyses are some examples of the attempts of second language teaching researchers lo find practical ways of teaching 1. From among all the proposed methods, contextualization has received special attention, Webb (2007) points to the fact that different aspects of a word like its semantic relationships, syntagmatic and paradigmatic associations, and oven ils collocational behavior can be learned through context. It is believed that context can have a positive effect on vocabulary acquisition of L2 leamers.
Researchers like Engelbert and Theuerkauf (1999) refer to the positive effect of context on vocabulary learning reported m the literature. Corrigan (2007) loo claims that seeing vocabulary items in the context provides learners with information about the characteristic features of that word and the linguistic context in which that specific word occurs. Gardner (2007) argues thal many words in English have multiple meanings which are context-dependent. When one iries ta teach those words isolated from contexl, they lose their meanings and become vague.
In the work namely “The book of Leaming and Forgetting”, Frank Smith asserts “Teaching one word al a time out of context is the worst way of teaching vocabulary, with rapid forgetting almost guaranteed.” In his opinion, people assimilate new words from context the first time they read them, “provided that gist of the material being read is both interesting and comprehensible. Within five more encounters, the wort and ils conventional meaning are usually firmly established in the mind of the reader. RATIONALE Hammer (1991) states “If language structure makes up the skeleton of Ianguage, then it is vocabulary that provides the vital organs and flesh”. It is clearly seen from this statement that vocabulary is central to language and is of great significance in language Jeaming, In the past, the importance of vocabulary teaching and learning was generally neglected for a long time, yet in recent years, the nature of vocabulary and its role in learning and teaching has been an imcreasingly inleresting lopic of discussion for researches, teachers, curriculum designers, theorists and others imvolved in second language learning.
Accordingly, numerous research studies related to this topic have been camied oul. It comes to a conclusion based on the rescarch findings that “Through research the scholars are finding that lexical problems frequently interfere with communication: communication breaks down when people do not use (he right words " (Allen 1983). ‘This highlights the significance of vocabulary in classroom teaching, for without vocabulary it is hardly possible to communicate. When teaching the second-year students at llanoi University of industry, the writer finds out that vocabulary learning is a big problem to the students.
For young leamers, perhaps it is less difficull to learn voesbulary items for the [ist time thant to consolidate and remember them. We often hear young leamers complain that they keep learning and forgetting. When English language young learners are acquiring ew vocabulary, they need concrete methods to collect, store, and retrieve words for retention and future use. Therefore, it is necessary to find out effective methods to help young leamers relain new words in long-term memory.
According to Oxford and Crookall (1988), leammg words in context is an effective vocabulary learning strategy and a main approach to improve vocabulary knowledge. This has urged the researcher to carry out this action research. AIMS OF TUE STUDY ‘rhe study is aimed at: * Examining the feasibility of using dialogues to teach vocabulary for the second- year non-Bnglish major students in Hanoi Universily of Tudusiry * Measuring the effectiveness of this vocabulary teaching technique on students’ vocabulary acquisition. on the results of the study, the research aimns to offer English teachers some suggestions for the better usc of dialogues in their classes.
RESEARCH QUESTION The research was to seek answers to the following question 1. What is the students’ attitude toward Icarning vocabulary through dialogues’? 2. “To what extent does using dialogues to teach vocabulary affect students’ vocabulary acquisition?” 4, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY To obtain the aims mentioned above, an action research is chosen for the study. In this action research, pre-test and post-test are designed and used as data collection instruments.
The pre-test was exploited to gain the overview abaut student’s vocabulary level before the study. The post-lesl was administered to the students afler four weeks in which dialogues wore applied to help students learn vocabulary to measure the impact or effectiveness ofthis technique on students’ vocabulary acquisition. Collected scores were thon processed and analyzed by T-teat Paired Sample. Tn addition, a group itderview was conducts to get more in-depth data, 4.1, The result of the pre-test and post-test 42.
The result of group interview 4.1, Students’ opinions of the effect of using dialogues to learn vocabulary 4.2 Preference of aclivilies and exercises related to dialogue PART C: CONCLUSION 1. Limitation and suggestions for the further studies REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3 APPENDIX 4 APPENDIX 5 appropriately. As a result, using context to teach vooabulary is considered as one of ofleclive vocabulary leaching techriquc 1. Context and vocabulary teaching & learning Learning vocabulary is an important factor in fluent second language (L2) speech.
Researchers have tried to find effective ways of teaching L2 vacabulary to L2 learners. Different methods like glosses, mnemonic devices, and morphological and syntactic analyses are some examples of the attempts of second language teaching researchers lo find practical ways of teaching 1. From among all the proposed methods, contextualization has received special attention, Webb (2007) points to the fact that different aspects of a word like its semantic relationships, syntagmatic and paradigmatic associations, and oven ils collocational behavior can be learned through context. It is believed that context can have a positive effect on vocabulary acquisition of L2 leamers.
Researchers like Engelbert and Theuerkauf (1999) refer to the positive effect of context on vocabulary learning reported m the literature.