Nghiên cứu phương pháp giảng dạy từ vựng trong giáo trình Let's Talk 1 cho sinh viên không ...

Luận văn thạc sĩ VNU ULIS nghiên cứu phương pháp dạy từ vựng trong tài liệu Let's Talk 1 cho sinh viên không chuyên tiếng Anh tại Hải Phòng.

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CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

DESIGN OF THE STUDY

1. CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. Vocabulary description in Language Teaching and Learning

1.1.1. Definition of vocabulary

1.1.2. Classification of vocabulary

1.1.2.1. According to the concept of morpheme
1.1.2.2. According to the meaning
1.1.2.3. According to the function of vocabulary items in a sentence
1.1.2.4. According to the sequence of use
1.1.2.5. Other classifications of vocabulary

1.1.3. Vocabulary in teaching and learning English

1.1.3.1. The importance of vocabulary in language teaching and learning
1.1.3.2. The complexity of learning vocabulary
1.1.3.3. The complexity of teaching vocabulary
1.1.3.4. Selecting vocabulary to teach
1.1.3.5. What needs to be taught?
1.1.3.6. When necessary to teach vocabulary?
1.1.3.7. How to teach vocabulary effectively and appropriately?

1.1.4. Recent research in second language vocabulary teaching and learning

1.1.4.1. Incidental vocabulary learning
1.1.4.2. Developing independent learning strategies
1.1.4.3. Using games in vocabulary teaching and learning

2. CHAPTER 2: PRESENT SITUATION OF VOCABULARY TEACHING AND LEARNING AT UK FLC, HAIPHONG

2.1. Learner’s language proficiency and vocabulary learning methods

2.2. Teachers and their teaching vocabulary methods

2.3. The material “Let’s talk 1” and material assessment

3. CHAPTER 3: DATA COLLECTION, FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

3.1. Instruments for collecting data

3.2. Findings and discussion

3.2.1. Findings and discussions about students

3.2.1.1. Students’ attitude towards vocabulary and their difficulties in vocabulary learning
3.2.1.2. Students’ vocabulary learning methods
3.2.1.3. Students’ attitude towards vocabulary exercises and activities in the course book “Let’s talk 1”
3.2.1.4. Students’ comments and suggestions on vocabulary teaching and learning at UK FLC

3.2.2. Findings and discussions about teachers

3.2.2.1. Teachers’ attitude towards vocabulary teaching
3.2.2.2. Teachers’ vocabulary teaching methods
3.2.2.3. Teachers’ attitude towards vocabulary exercises and activities in the course book “Let’s talk 1”
3.2.2.4. Teachers’ comments and suggestions on vocabulary teaching and learning at UK FLC

4. CHAPTER 4: PROBLEMS AND SOME FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER TEACHING AND LEARNING VOCABULARY IN THE COURSE BOOK “LET’S TALK 1” AT UK FLC

4.1. Problems in the vocabulary teaching and learning in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC

4.2. Problems in the vocabulary teaching of non-major students in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC

4.3. Problems in the vocabulary learning of non-major students in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC

4.4. Some feasible solutions to improve the teaching of vocabulary in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC

4.4.1. Improving teachers’ classroom techniques for teaching vocabulary

4.4.2. Suggested vocabulary learning methods for students

4.5. Limitation of the study and suggestions of further research

Appendix 1: Questionnaire for students

Appendix 2: Questionnaire for teachers

Appendix 3: Interviews questions

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES KHOA THỊ DIỆU HỒNG A STUDY ON METHODS OF TEACHING VOCABULARY IN THE MATERIAL “LET’S TALK 1” FOR NON – ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT UK FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER, HAIPHONG (Nghiên cứu phương thức giảng dạy từ vựng trong giáo trình Let’s talk 1 cho sinh viên hệ không chuyên tại trung tâm ngoại ngữ UK , Hải Phòng) M. MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 HA NOI, 2010 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com v TABLE OF CONTENTS CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT . iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . iv TABLE OF CONTENTS . Objectives of the study . Scope of the study . Design of the study . 4 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW . Vocabulary description in Language Teaching and Learning . Definition of vocabulary . Classification of vocabulary . According to the concept of morpheme . According to the meaning. According to the function of vocabulary items in a sentence . According to the sequence of use . Other classifications of vocabulary . Vocabulary in teaching and learning English . The importance of vocabulary in language teaching and learning . The complexity of learning vocabulary . The complexity of teaching vocabulary . Selecting vocabulary to teach . What needs to be taught? . Forms of a word . Use of a word . When necessary to teach vocabulary? . How to teach vocabulary effectively and appropriately? . 11 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Recent research in second language vocabulary teaching and learning . Incidental vocabulary learning. Developing independent learning strategies . Using games in vocabulary teaching and learning . 14 CHAPTER 2: PRESENT SITUATION OF VOCABULARY TEACHING AND LEARNING AT UK FLC, HAIPHONG. Learner’s language proficiency and vocabulary learning methods . Teachers and their teaching vocabulary methods . The material “Let’s talk 1” and material assessment . 16 CHAPTER 3: DATA COLLECTION, FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION . Instruments for collecting data. Findings and discussion. Findings and discussions about students . Students’ attitude towards vocabulary and their difficulties in vocabulary learning………………………………………………………………………………………20 3. Students’ vocabulary learning methods . Students’ attitude towards vocabulary exercises and activities in the course book “Let’s talk 1” . Students’ comments and suggestions on vocabulary teaching and learning at UK FLC…………………………………………………………………………………………. Finding and discussions about teachers . Teachers’ attitude towards vocabulary teaching .2 Teachers’ vocabulary teaching methods. Teachers’ attitude towards vocabulary exercises and activities in the course book “Let’s talk 1” . Teachers’ comments and suggestions on vocabulary teaching and learning at UK FLC…………………………………………………………………………………………. 35 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com vii CHAPTER 4: PROBLEMS AND SOME FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER TEACHING AND LEARNING VOCABULARY IN THE COURSE BOOK “LET’S TALK 1’’AT UK FLC . Problems in the vocabulary teaching and learning in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC . Problems in the vocabulary teaching of non-major students in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC . Problems in the vocabulary learning of non-major students in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC . Some feasible solutions to improve the teaching of vocabulary in the course book “Let’s talk 1” at UK FLC . Improving teachers’ classroom techniques for teaching vocabulary . Suggested vocabulary learning methods for students . Limitation of the study and suggestions of further research . I Appendix 1: Questionnaire for students. I Appendix 2: Questionnaire for teachers . V Appendix 3: Interviews questions . IX LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS B.A : Bachelor of Art M.A : Master of Art FLC : Foreign Language Center ELT : English Language Teaching EFL : English as a Foreign Language ELT : English Language Teaching CLT : Communicative Language Teaching GTT : Grammar Translation Teaching L1 : First language L2 : Second language LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 1 PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale As the communication of politics, economy and culture between countries increases rapidly, English, as an international language, plays an important role in our daily life. It is also undeniable that English vocabulary as a major component of language learning has been the object of numerous studies each of which has its own contribution to the field. Laufer (1997) states that vocabulary learning is at the heart of language learning and language use. In fact, it is what makes the essence of a language. Without vocabulary speakers cannot convey meaning and communicate with each other in a particular language. In Vietnam, more and more people now are aware of the significance of English. It is widely used and has been taught at schools, colleges, universities and many foreign language centers as well for years. However, English teaching and learning in Vietnam has still been far from satisfactory. Both teachers and learners have faced many difficulties in teaching and learning English, especially in teaching and learning vocabulary. In UK FLC, Haiphong, as for non-major students and teachers, vocabulary teaching has yet to be paid due attention to as it deserves. It is a factual that vocabulary has not been taught as a particular subject but has been integrated with four skills: listening, reading, writing and speaking or often ignored during teaching. Another reason is the course book ―Let’s talk 1‖. Applied since 2007, this book has brought a lot of challenges for UK teachers and learners in terms of modern teaching and learning methods as well as vocabulary treatment. However, up to now there has not been any research on vocabulary teaching methods that help non-major students learn vocabulary effectively. As a teacher of English at UK FLC, the author does realize a number of problems that the teachers and students encounter in teaching and learning vocabulary in the material “Let’s talk 1‖. That is the reason why the author would like to carry out this research entitled ―A study on methods of teaching vocabulary in the material ―Let’s talk 1 ―for non-major students at UK FLC, Haiphong’’. Objectives of the study Firstly, the research concentrates on studying the current situations of the teaching and learning vocabulary at UK FLC. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 2 Secondly, this paper will make attempt to identify the main problems and reasons for less effective vocabulary teaching and learning methods. Finally, my study hopes to suggest some recommendations so as to help teachers and learners have effective vocabulary teaching and learning methods. With the objectives above, the research is carried out with an attempt to find out the answers to the following questions: 1. What are the learners’ vocabulary learning methods and strategies at UK FLC? 2. What are the teachers’ vocabulary teaching methods and strategies at UK FLC? 3. What are tasks and activities should be used to help learners learn vocabulary effectively? 3. Methodology In this study, a combination of various methods is used to achieve its aims and objectives. The qualitative and quantitative analyses are the main tools for analyzing the data, which is collected from questionnaires and interviews with students and colleagues. After the data is analyzed and discussed, the findings will be shown, some conclusions will be drawn, and some suggestions will be raised in the thesis. Scope of the study Within the limit of a minor thesis, this study focuses on teaching and learning vocabulary for non-major students at UK FLC with the course book ―Let’s talk 1‖. Specifically, this minor thesis deals with the current problems which teachers and students encounter at the center, investigating into teachers‟ and learners‟ vocabulary teaching and learning methods. Basing on these discussions of these situations, some effective and feasible solutions will be introduced. Design of the study The study is organized into introduction, the main part and conclusion - The introduction includes the rationale, aims of the study, scope of the study, methodology and design of the study as well. - The main part consists of four chapters  Chapter 1 provides a thorough literature review relevant to the study LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 3  Chapter 2 deals with the investigation into the current situation of teaching and learning vocabulary in the course book “Let’s talk 1‖ for non-major students at UK FLC. In this chapter, learner‟s profile and their vocabulary learning methods, the teachers‟ vocabulary teaching methods are discussed comprehensively. Moreover, the course book “Let’s talk 1‖ is also described.  Chapter 3 focuses on analyzing research questions and research methodology. Findings and discussions on the study are also presented.  Chapter 4 presents some problems after analyzing data in chapter 3 and suggests some feasible solutions for the effective application of vocabulary teaching and learning methods are proposed. - The last part of the study, “conclusion”, includes review, limitations and implications of the study. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 4 PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Vocabulary description in Language Teaching and Learning 1. Definition of vocabulary Before proceeding to this study, it is necessary to clarify the definition of vocabulary. So far, there have been different definitions of vocabulary. Each linguist gives his own definition of vocabulary depending on the criteria that he or she considers the most important in terms of linguistics, semantics, lexicology …etc. Ur, in her book “A course in language teaching” defined vocabulary roughly “as the words we teach in the foreign language. However, a new item of vocabulary may be more than a single word: a compound of two or three words or multi word idioms”. Pyles and Algeo” (1970, p.96) also gave their ideas about vocabulary. They said “when most of us think about language we think first about words. It is true that the vocabulary is the focus of language. It is in words that sounds and meanings interlock to allow us to communicate with one another, and it is words that we arrange together make sentences, conversation and discourse of all kinds”. These statements indicate that vocabulary is an essential for part of language as Wilkin emphasized this with his saying “without grammar, very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing conveyed‖. According to Lewis (1993, p.may be individual words, or full sentences–institutionalized utterance–that convey for social of pragmatic meaning within a given community”. In summary, it can be concluded that vocabulary is the total number of all words that a language possesses, ranging from a single word, two or three words items expressing an idea to multi-word idioms of which meaning cannot be deduced from the analysis of the component words but only understood in the sentences, or in contexts, etc… 1. Classification of vocabulary According to Nu (2004), vocabulary can be classified in different ways according to different criteria such as the concept of morpheme, the meaning, the function of vocabulary items in a sentence, the sequence of use …. According to the concept of morpheme: Based on this criterion, words are divided into three kinds: Simple word: LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 5 A simple word is a word that consists of only one morpheme. Example: boy, man, radio, book, paper, magnet, house, compute … Derived word: A derived word is one that that consists of a root and one or more derivational morphemes. Example: careful, impossible, student mangles… Compound word: A compound word has at least two roots with or without derivational morphemes. Example: rainbow, living room, guesthouse, two-tone, pancakes …. According to the meaning: There are two main kinds of meanings in a word, lexical meaning and grammatical meaning. Semantically, vocabulary is divided into notional words and functional words. The notional words, whose meanings are lexical, form a great mass of the speakers‟ vocabulary. They address, name objects, actions, qualities and have meanings in themselves. They are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and so on… The functional words, whose meaning is grammatical, only have their meanings in relation to other words with which they are used. They are particles, articles, prepositions, auxiliaries, conjunctions ….

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