VLHVTNAM NA TIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOL ƯNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND TNTERNATTONAI, STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES BUI TIT KIM CUC TEACTIING VOCABULARY EXPLICITLY TO FIRST- YEAR STUDENTS AT YEN BAI MEDICAL COLLEGE (Dạy từ vựng cho sinh viên năm thứ nhất bằng cách cho nghĩa trực tiếp tại trường Cao đẳng Y tổ Yên Hái) MLA. Minor Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601419 TIanoi, 2012 VIET NAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDLES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES BUI THI KIM CÚC TEACHING VOCABULARY EXPLICITLY TO FIRST- YEAR STUDENTS AT YEN BAI MEDICAL COLLEGE (Dạy từ vựng cha sinh viên năm thứ nhất bằng cách cho nghĩa trực tiếp tại tường Cao đẳng V tế Yên Bai) MLA. Minor Thesis Kicid: English Teaching Mcthodology Code: 60 14 10 Supervisor: Vũ Mai Trang, MLA Tlanoi, 2012 ABLE OF CONTENTS. Page CAKDIDATE'S DECLARATION.
TRANSCRIPT CONVENTION, iv LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TABLES. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Rationale of the stidy. Aims and objectives of the study: tà 3.
Research questions tà 4. Scope of the study 5. Method of the study 6. Design of the study PARY B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1; LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1, An overview of vocabulary .1 Definition of vocabulary.
The role of vocabulary in language teaching and learning. Principles in teaching and learning vocabulary 1. Selection of vocabulary items for students 1. Aspects of word knowledge included in vocabulary teaching, 4.
Scope uf the study ‘This minor thesis does not cover all the four Janguage skills; it only focuses on teaching vocabulary explicitly to first-year students at YBMC. Tt is confined to the investigation of the teachers' ideas of explicit vocabulary teaching, their choice of vocabulary to teach, the aspects of vocabulary addressed as well as the explicit vocabulary teaching techniques used in the context of one mountainous college and the relevance of these techniques in this context. Then this study will suggest some pedagogical implications to make explicit vocabulary teaching in the researched college more alletitive and more effective, 5. Method of the study To achieve its objectives, this study employed qualitative methods of data collection which melude interview, classroom observation and lesson analysis First, interviews with the teachers were conducted to investigate the teachers! ideas of English explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC as well as the way they {each words cxplicilly, which ineludes their choiee of vocabulary 1o teach, Ihe aspects of vocabulary focused on and their explicit vocabulary teaching techniques.
Then, classroom observations were conducted to supplement teachers! interviews to test how English vocabulary is taught explicitly and the relevance of explicit vocabulary teaching techniques can be evaluated through lessons analyses. Design of the study There are three main parts in my thesis as follows Part A is the Introduction presenting the rationale, aims, objectives, research questions, scope, methods und design of the sludy. Part B, the Development, includes (ree chaplers Chapter 1 is the Literature Review. In this chapter, a basic theoretical background for the study is created by reviewing the relevant issues related to Fnglish vocabulary, vocabulary teaching and learning focusing on explicit and implicit approaches.
Current approachs to L2 vocabulary †caching and learning.4, Explicit and implicit approaches to vocabulary teaching. Principles for explicit approach to vocabulary teaching 1.4 Challenges in vocabulary teaching 1. Summary CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY 2. The current situation of English teaching and learning at YBMC 2.3, Data collection instruments 2.
Class observation and Lesson anak 2, 4, Data collection and data analysis procedures 2.1, Data collection procedures 2.2, Data analysis procedures CUAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS.1, Research question 1: ‘Yeachers' perceptions of explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC. Research question 2: Teachers’ selection of vocabulary to teach and aspects of word knowledge to be taught.3, Research question 3: ‘The explicit vocabulary teaching techniques most frequently used in the classroom and their relevance 1. Current approachs to L2 vocabulary †caching and learning.4, Explicit and implicit approaches to vocabulary teaching. Principles for explicit approach to vocabulary teaching 1.4 Challenges in vocabulary teaching 1.
Summary CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY 2. The current situation of English teaching and learning at YBMC 2.3, Data collection instruments 2. Class observation and Lesson anak 2, 4, Data collection and data analysis procedures 2.1, Data collection procedures 2.2, Data analysis procedures CUAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS.1, Research question 1: ‘Yeachers' perceptions of explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC. Research question 2: Teachers’ selection of vocabulary to teach and aspects of word knowledge to be taught.3, Research question 3: ‘The explicit vocabulary teaching techniques most frequently used in the classroom and their relevance PART A: INFRODUCTION 1.
Rationale of the study We all know that vocabulary plays a prominent role in foreign language learning, It is an element that links the four skills of language like listening, speaking, reading and writing all together. Without vocabulary, it's not easy for learners to express their ideas, emotion, as well as fulfillment. of communication targots. Therefore, onc of the greatest concerns of all language teachers is to look for an effective vocabulary teaching approach which is suitable with their own teaching conlexts.
Vocabulary teaching lask is neither casy nor simple as it is thought. Each language teacher is responsible for making their students know word spelling, word meaning and realize how to use it accurately and properly in real siluations. Tn the conlexi of Yer Bai Medical College (YBMC), Fnglish is being taught as one of the compulsory subjects along with other vocational ones. ‘he level of students at YBMC jis quite low in general.
Some of them have learnt English for several years in secondary schools and some olhers have nol learnt Erylish for a few years. Moreover, there has been little attention paid to vocabulary teaching and learning. At many schools or colleges in general and at YBMC in particular, for most teachers of English, their common way of teaching vocabulary is to give explanations, definitions or translation of the word-list. ‘then learners usually learn vocabulary passively through their teachers’ explanation.
Writing new words on the nolebooks with equivalency in Vietnamese and Irying to learn ew words by heart are thei: major ways of vocabulary learning. Consequently, they hardly remember the meaning of the words aud use them oral activities. In ofher words, by the ime the new words are presented in the new lesson most of the words taught in the previous lesson will have gone out of their mind. As a teacher of English for nearly 12 years, I have realized that the reason why learners have failed in using Linglish is their lack of vocabulary.
‘Therefore, it is essential for every teacher in any language ơ in Viel Nam educational system to help his/her own students to widen their vocabulary size. Explicit vocabulary teaching is particularly useful for beginning leamers who have a limited reading vocabukay and Kile exposure lo incidentat vocabulary Jeaming (ough extensive reading and listening like students at YBMC. ‘this encourages the researcher to conduct a study on explicit vocabulary teaching in an attempt to better vocabulary teaching and learning al YBMC, a newly re-founded college in Yen Bai province 2. Aims and Objectives of the study The aim of this study is Lo investigate (he perceptions of explicit.
vocabulary teaching held by the teachers working at YBMC and how they teach vocabulary explicitly. The objectives of the sludy are: - To understand teachers’ ideas of explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC - To examine how teachers choose vocabulary items to teach and what aspects of vovabulary they focus on in teaching vocabulary -‘'o find out the explicit vocabulary teaching techniques teachers frequently use - To draw some conclusions on issues related to teaching vocabulary explicitly at this college. Research questions in order to achieve the above-mentioned aims and objectives, the research was carried out to seek answers to the following research questions 1. What are teachers’ perceptions of explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC? 2.
Ifow do they choose vocabulary items to teach at YBMC and what aspects of word knowledge they focus on in leaching the selected words? 3. Whal are the explicit vocabulary leaching Lechniques most frequently used in the classroom and thew relevance? TRANSCRIPT CONVENTION teacher student Ss students Hatics translation of original speooh in vernacular vii TRANSCRIPT CONVENTION teacher student Ss students Hatics translation of original speooh in vernacular vii As a teacher of English for nearly 12 years, I have realized that the reason why learners have failed in using Linglish is their lack of vocabulary. ‘Therefore, it is essential for every teacher in any language ơ in Viel Nam educational system to help his/her own students to widen their vocabulary size. Explicit vocabulary teaching is particularly useful for beginning leamers who have a limited reading vocabukay and Kile exposure lo incidentat vocabulary Jeaming (ough extensive reading and listening like students at YBMC.
‘this encourages the researcher to conduct a study on explicit vocabulary teaching in an attempt to better vocabulary teaching and learning al YBMC, a newly re-founded college in Yen Bai province 2. Aims and Objectives of the study The aim of this study is Lo investigate (he perceptions of explicit. vocabulary teaching held by the teachers working at YBMC and how they teach vocabulary explicitly. The objectives of the sludy are: - To understand teachers’ ideas of explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC - To examine how teachers choose vocabulary items to teach and what aspects of vovabulary they focus on in teaching vocabulary -‘'o find out the explicit vocabulary teaching techniques teachers frequently use - To draw some conclusions on issues related to teaching vocabulary explicitly at this college.
Research questions in order to achieve the above-mentioned aims and objectives, the research was carried out to seek answers to the following research questions 1. What are teachers’ perceptions of explicit vocabulary teaching at YBMC? 2. Ifow do they choose vocabulary items to teach at YBMC and what aspects of word knowledge they focus on in leaching the selected words? 3. Whal are the explicit vocabulary leaching Lechniques most frequently used in the classroom and thew relevance? LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EFL English as a foreign language Ll First language 12 Second language YRMC Yen Rai Medical College LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: Vocabulary designed in the textbook Lifelines - Elementary Table 2.2: Background of participants viii PART A: INFRODUCTION 1.
Rationale of the study We all know that vocabulary plays a prominent role in foreign language learning, It is an element that links the four skills of language like listening, speaking, reading and writing all together. Without vocabulary, it's not easy for learners to express their ideas, emotion, as well as fulfillment. of communication targots. Therefore, onc of the greatest concerns of all language teachers is to look for an effective vocabulary teaching approach which is suitable with their own teaching conlexts.
Vocabulary teaching lask is neither casy nor simple as it is thought. Each language teacher is responsible for making their students know word spelling, word meaning and realize how to use it accurately and properly in real siluations. Tn the conlexi of Yer Bai Medical College (YBMC), Fnglish is being taught as one of the compulsory subjects along with other vocational ones. ‘he level of students at YBMC jis quite low in general.
Some of them have learnt English for several years in secondary schools and some olhers have nol learnt Erylish for a few years. Moreover, there has been little attention paid to vocabulary teaching and learning. At many schools or colleges in general and at YBMC in particular, for most teachers of English, their common way of teaching vocabulary is to give explanations, definitions or translation of the word-list. ‘then learners usually learn vocabulary passively through their teachers’ explanation.
Writing new words on the nolebooks with equivalency in Vietnamese and Irying to learn ew words by heart are thei: major ways of vocabulary learning. Consequently, they hardly remember the meaning of the words aud use them oral activities.