UNIVERSITY, HA NOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES DUONG THI DOAN AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEACHING STRATEGIES TO YOUNG LEARNERS AT POPOROO ENGLISH CENTER LN HA NOL (ŒNghiÊn cứu khám phá chiến thuật dạy từ vựng tiếng Ánh chơ trẻ em tại trung tâm Anh ngữ PoPoDoo ở Hà Nội) MLA. Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI - 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND ENTERNATEONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, DUONG TIII DOAN AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEACHING STRATEGIES TO YOUNG LEARNERS AT POPODOO ENGLISII CENTER EN IIA NOL (Nghiên cứn khám phá chiến thuật dạy từ vựng tiếng Anh cho trẻ cm tại trung tâm Anh ngữ PoPoDoo ở Hà Nội) MLA. Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr. 16 ‘Thi Thu Hương THANOI - 2016 DECLARATION 1, Dương 'Thị Doan, hereby đeclare that this thesis is my own work, and ] have provided fully documented references to the wark of others.
In addition, this thesis has not been submilted for assessment in other formal courses m any other universities. T also accept all the requirements of LILIS relating to the retention and use of M.A Graduation Thesis deposited in the litrary Hanoi, March 2016 Signature Dương Thi Doan TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. " te eee see cette cence Acknowledgement ii Table of contents - iv List of tables. - vi PART A: INTRODUCTION.
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The roles of vocabulary. cọc nọ nh nh nh hen couỔ 1. Aspects of vocabulary to be taught 5 1.2, Vocabulary teaching strategies. Review of some common methods associated with vocabulary teaching.
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Post—methods cece ccses ser ssresresssssseesereerserees sarseeeessessee ees ens LO 1. Total Physical Response (TPR) 10 1.2 The Silent way "1 1. Community Language Leaming (CLL) ul ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to cxpress muy sincere thanks to my supervisor, Dr. ‘To ‘thi ‘Thu Luong, for her professional advice, thoughtful and constructive comments on almost every aspect of the study.
Her insightful suggestions and support helped mea lot from the beginning to ihe end of this sludy Second, my thanks also go to all the lecturers at ULYS for their inspi lectures in class, providmg me useful knowledge to complete my thesis Third, T am also deeply gralaful 10 PoPoDoo English Conler direclors, English teachers and students who participated in this research work. | thank them for their support and co-operation. Last but not least, my special thanks go to my parents, my husband, and my friends for their love, care, and encouragement. LIST OF TABLES ‘Table 1: Classification of young leamers according to age group Table 2: Vocabulary (caching strategies in the questionnaire Table 3: Teachers’ attitude towards English vocabulary teaching ‘Table 4: ‘Teachers’ attitude towards using strategies in teaching Lnglish vocabulary to young leamers Table § Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary teaching strategies basing learning styles in Presentation phase for age group 3-6 Table 6 Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary teaching strategies basing learning slytes in Presentation phase for age group 7-9 Table 7: Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary teaching strategies basing learning slyles in Presentation phase for age group 10-12 Table 8: Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary teaching strategies basing activaling prior knowledge in Presentation phase for age group 3-6 Table 9: Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary teaching strategies basing activating prior knowledge ini Prosontation pluase lor age group 7-9 Table 10: Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary leaching strategies basing on activating prior knowledge in Presentation phase for age group 10-12 Table 11: Teachers’ responses to using vouabulary teaching strategies basing m leaming styles in Practice phase for age group 3-6 Table 12: Teachers’ responses to using vocabulary leaching strategies basing mm Jearning styles in Practice phase for age group 7-9 Table 13: Teachers’ responses to using vooabulary teaching stralegies basing on learning styles in Practice phase for age group 10-12 vi ABSTRACT ‘The overall purpose of this research is to explore vocabulary teaching strategies to the young learners at an English center in Ia Noi.
Besides, the study tried to find out differences in teachers’ use of vocabulary teaching strategies to learners of different age groups (4-6 years old, 7-9 years old, and 10-12 years old), and which strategies teachers and students most prefer to use. The study employed both quantitative and qualilative xuethods The data were collected from survey questionnaire with 30 teachers and the interview with 15 randomly chosen teachers and 45 learners. ‘hus, descriptive statistics using frequencies and percentages were employed in analyzing the quanililative data and the qualitative data were analyzed qualitatively. The results of the study revealed that there were several strategies which were used to teach vocabulary to all groups of learners.
However, there were also differences in the strategies used with learners in different age groups. The reasons were perhaps duc to different language focus or skills used and different characteristios of each age group. In addition, it was found that there were vocabulary teaching strategies which were most preferred by only teachers, only learners or both teachers and learners. Finally recommendations and limitations were shown.
ii ABSTRACT ‘The overall purpose of this research is to explore vocabulary teaching strategies to the young learners at an English center in Ia Noi. Besides, the study tried to find out differences in teachers’ use of vocabulary teaching strategies to learners of different age groups (4-6 years old, 7-9 years old, and 10-12 years old), and which strategies teachers and students most prefer to use. The study employed both quantitative and qualilative xuethods The data were collected from survey questionnaire with 30 teachers and the interview with 15 randomly chosen teachers and 45 learners. ‘hus, descriptive statistics using frequencies and percentages were employed in analyzing the quanililative data and the qualitative data were analyzed qualitatively.
The results of the study revealed that there were several strategies which were used to teach vocabulary to all groups of learners. However, there were also differences in the strategies used with learners in different age groups. The reasons were perhaps duc to different language focus or skills used and different characteristios of each age group. In addition, it was found that there were vocabulary teaching strategies which were most preferred by only teachers, only learners or both teachers and learners.
Finally recommendations and limitations were shown. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to cxpress muy sincere thanks to my supervisor, Dr. ‘To ‘thi ‘Thu Luong, for her professional advice, thoughtful and constructive comments on almost every aspect of the study. Her insightful suggestions and support helped mea lot from the beginning to ihe end of this sludy Second, my thanks also go to all the lecturers at ULYS for their inspi lectures in class, providmg me useful knowledge to complete my thesis Third, T am also deeply gralaful 10 PoPoDoo English Conler direclors, English teachers and students who participated in this research work.
| thank them for their support and co-operation. Last but not least, my special thanks go to my parents, my husband, and my friends for their love, care, and encouragement. Teaching Englishto young learners - 13 15. Anovervicw ofPoPoDoo English center in Ha Noi.
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Recommendations - 49 3, Limitations of the sfMỦY. uc nọ nỉ ch nh nhe reo se. Teaching Englishto young learners - 13 15. Anovervicw ofPoPoDoo English center in Ha Noi.
cà co nọ nh nh nhe rereereeeooexTÐ CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY.2, Data colleclion instruments + 20 2.3, Procedure of data collection .cccceececseeses corsetstis eer eevee cneee vee 2. Data analysis methods + 33 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Analysis of data obtained through questionnaire. Analysis of data oblained through mlerview 41 3.
Recommendations - 49 3, Limitations of the sfMỦY. uc nọ nỉ ch nh nhe reo se. Teaching Englishto young learners - 13 15. Anovervicw ofPoPoDoo English center in Ha Noi.
cà co nọ nh nh nhe rereereeeooexTÐ CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY.2, Data colleclion instruments + 20 2.3, Procedure of data collection .cccceececseeses corsetstis eer eevee cneee vee 2. Data analysis methods + 33 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Analysis of data obtained through questionnaire. Analysis of data oblained through mlerview 41 3.
Recommendations - 49 3, Limitations of the sfMỦY. uc nọ nỉ ch nh nhe reo se. ABSTRACT ‘The overall purpose of this research is to explore vocabulary teaching strategies to the young learners at an English center in Ia Noi. Besides, the study tried to find out differences in teachers’ use of vocabulary teaching strategies to learners of different age groups (4-6 years old, 7-9 years old, and 10-12 years old), and which strategies teachers and students most prefer to use.
The study employed both quantitative and qualilative xuethods The data were collected from survey questionnaire with 30 teachers and the interview with 15 randomly chosen teachers and 45 learners. ‘hus, descriptive statistics using frequencies and percentages were employed in analyzing the quanililative data and the qualitative data were analyzed qualitatively. The results of the study revealed that there were several strategies which were used to teach vocabulary to all groups of learners. However, there were also differences in the strategies used with learners in different age groups.
The reasons were perhaps duc to different language focus or skills used and different characteristios of each age group. In addition, it was found that there were vocabulary teaching strategies which were most preferred by only teachers, only learners or both teachers and learners. Finally recommendations and limitations were shown. Teaching Englishto young learners - 13 15.
Anovervicw ofPoPoDoo English center in Ha Noi. cà co nọ nh nh nhe rereereeeooexTÐ CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY.2, Data colleclion instruments + 20 2.3, Procedure of data collection .cccceececseeses corsetstis eer eevee cneee vee 2. Data analysis methods + 33 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Analysis of data obtained through questionnaire.
Analysis of data oblained through mlerview 41 3. Recommendations - 49 3, Limitations of the sfMỦY. uc nọ nỉ ch nh nhe reo se. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to cxpress muy sincere thanks to my supervisor, Dr.
‘To ‘thi ‘Thu Luong, for her professional advice, thoughtful and constructive comments on almost every aspect of the study. Her insightful suggestions and support helped mea lot from the beginning to ihe end of this sludy Second, my thanks also go to all the lecturers at ULYS for their inspi lectures in class, providmg me useful knowledge to complete my thesis Third, T am also deeply gralaful 10 PoPoDoo English Conler direclors, English teachers and students who participated in this research work. | thank them for their support and co-operation. Last but not least, my special thanks go to my parents, my husband, and my friends for their love, care, and encouragement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. " te eee see cette cence Acknowledgement ii Table of contents - iv List of tables. - vi PART A: INTRODUCTION. Rationale of the study 1 2.
Aims of the stady 0 0. ccccccscccceeesess cee voscesetessevevneseteeraeeed 3. Research questions 3 4, Scope of the study. Sigmificanee of the SUẨy.