VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES PHAM THI HUONG USING MIND-MAPPING TO TEACH VOCABULARY COMMUNICATIVELY FOR THE 5TH FORM STUDENTS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN NINH BINH PROVINCE (Sử dụng sơ đồ tư duy để dạy từ vựng theo đường hướng giao tiếp cho học sinh lớp 5 tại một trường tiểu học ở tỉnh Ninh Bình) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 8140231.01 HANOI – 2018 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES PHAM THI HUONG USING MIND-MAPPING TO TEACH VOCABULARY COMMUNICATIVELY FOR THE 5TH FORM STUDENTS AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN NINH BINH PROVINCE (Sử dụng sơ đồ tư duy để dạy từ vựng theo đường hướng giao tiếp cho học sinh lớp 5 tại một trường tiểu học ở tỉnh Ninh Bình) M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS FIELD:ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 8140231. TRAN THANH NHAN HANOI – 2018 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com DECLARATION I certify that I myself write this thesis entitled “Using mind-mapping to teach vocabulary communicatively for the 5th form students at a primary school in Ninh Binh Province”.
It is not a plagiarism or made by others. Anything related to others‟ works is written in quotation, the sources of which are listed on the list of references. If then the pronouncement proves wrong, I am ready to accept any academic punishment, including the withdrawal or cancellation of my academic degree. Signature Student Pham Thi Huong TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Dr.
Tran Thanh Nhan whose reference materials, support, stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me in all stages of this research for and writing of this thesis. Without her critical comments and valuable suggestions, this research could not have been completed. I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all my lecturers in Faculty of Post-Graduate studies, University of Languages and International Studies, National University, Hanoi for their lectures which enable me to gain ample theoretical and practical knowledge. Furthermore, I want to thank my colleagues and students at Phu Loc Primary school who helped me carry out the investigation of the study.
Finally, I am really grateful to my family for their encouragement and support to my process of writing of the thesis. i TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ABSTRACT The aims of this research are to find out the effects of mind-mapping on 5th graders‟ vocabulary communicatively at Phu Loc Primary school. To limit the aspects to be analyzed in this study, I formulate two research questions. (1) To what extent does the use of mind-mapping affect the students‟ vocabulary acquisition and skills development? (2) What are the students‟ attitudes toward using mind-mapping in vocabulary learning? In the study, I carried out an action research with the 5A students of Phu Loc Primary school.
Data of this study were obtained from the results of questionnaires and from pre-test, while-test and post-test results. Two instruments for collecting the data were (1) questionnaires toward vocabulary learning before and after applying the mind -mapping in teaching vocabulary and (2) the pre-test and post- test. The findings of the data analysis showed that (1) Mind-mapping can help the students to improve their abilities in retaining English vocabulary and using it in communicative activities; (2) the students had positive attitudes toward the mind-mapping.Thus, mind-mapping is hoped to be a promising technique to teach and learn English. ii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iii LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS. vi PART A: INTRODUCTION. Rationale of the study.
Scope of the study. Aims of the study. Methods of the study. Organization of the thesis.
10 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW. Vocabulary and its importance. The role of vocabulary. Definition of mind map.
Functions of mind-mapping. Characteristics of mind-mapping. Steps to create a mind map. Mind mapping techniques.
Definition of mind mapping techniques. The significance of mind-mapping in language classroom. 16 iii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. The application of mind-mapping to teaching a foreign language.
Advantages and disadvantages of mind mapping techniques. Advantages of mind mapping techniques. Disadvantages of mind mapping techniques. 20 CHAPTER II: THE METHODOLOGY.
The context of the study. Action research definition. Action research procedure. Data collection instrument.
Data collection procedure. Setting of the Study .5 Data collection instruments. Data analysis methods. 27 CHAPTER III: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS.
An analysis of the vocabulary scores. An analysis of the writing scores. An analysis of the reading scores. Evidence of speaking skill.
Results from questionnaire. 41 iv TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail. Limitations of the study. Suggestions for further study.
XXV Appendix 11: SAMPLE LESSON PLAN. XXVI v TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS I.LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Procedure of the research. 26 Table 2: Mean scores of test results. 33 Table 3: Correlation between test 1 and the other tests.
33 Table 4: Mean scores, Min, Max of reading test results. 35 Table 5: Results of the questionnaire. LIST OF CHARTS Figure 1: Action research cycle. 23 Chart 1: Results of the vocabulary pre- test.
28 Chart 2: Results of the vocabulary post- test. 29 Chart 3: Comparison between pre-test and post-test scores. 30 Chart 4: Results of the writing scores. 31 Chart 5: Results of the reading scores.
34 vi TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study English has been playing an important role in various aspects of life such as education, entertainment, economy, science, culture and so on. It is a useful tool for people to keep up with the latest technological developments in the world. Therefore, teaching and learning English is now considered as a necessity in the society with the aim of mastering an international language.
English has become an integral part of general education and mostly a compulsory subject from primary to tertiary level. At Phu Loc primary school, English is a compulsory subject in the curriculum. It is taught for 3rd, 4th and 5th form students to equip the students with some basic knowledge to communicate and complete tasks in the textbooks. After observing and conducting an interview at the school, the teacher has identified a problem that involved the learning English vocabulary ofPhu Loc primary students.
They felt difficult to memorize and recall English vocabulary items including their pronunciation, their spelling and especially their meaning. The students usually cannot remember the words for long and recall them when needed, hence, could not use vocabulary to do the reading and writing tasks. Vocabulary is a basic factor necessary for mastering a language. This is because vocabulary is integral to every language skill, including reading, writing, listening and speaking skill.
Individuals cannot easily make conversations or convey their thoughts in both oral and written forms without having a certain level of vocabulary knowledge. David Wilkins (1972) emphasized the importance of vocabulary as, “Without grammar, little can be 7 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com conveyed; without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed”. Therefore, the lack of vocabulary leads to many serious difficulties in foreign language teaching and learning in Vietnam.Accordingly, low proficiency poses a major obstacle to the students in acquiring the language knowledge and taking part in class activities. It is clear that they could not communicate well because they lack the words they need.
They could not practice writing tasks, either. In fact, there are manyvocabularylearning techniques such as matching, role play, semantic-mapping, dictionary use, learning vocabulary through the context, and many others. The writer has a desire to help the students to be more successful in using English vocabulary communicatively and to motivate them to learn new words. For this purpose, I would like to conduct this study entitled: “Usingmind-mapping to teach vocabulary communicatively for the 5th form students at a primary school in Ninh Binh Province”.
Scope of the study Concerning the scope of the study, some of the following factors should be taken into consideration. Firstly, the subjects of the study are 31 5 th students at Phu Loc primary school. Secondly, the writer chooses the 5 th form students because she taught them in grade 3, 4 and observed that they do not have sufficient vocabularies. Therefore, the writer would like to facilitate their vocabulary learning help them to be interested in learning vocabulary.
Thirdly, the major purpose of this study is to motivate students to learn vocabulary communicatively through mind mapping technique. Research questions The following research questions are formulated to address the research theme: 1. To what extent does the use of mind-mapping affect the students‟ 8 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com vocabulary acquisition? 2. What are its advantages towards teaching vocabulary communicatively? 4.
Aims of the study The current study aims at motivating learning vocabulary communicatively through mind mapping technique at Phu Loc primary school. Methods of the study This study was conducted as an action research with pretest, while test, and posttest in order to determine the causal relationship between teaching vocabulary through mind mapping and the enhancement of students‟ vocabulary retention, reading, writing, and speaking skills. Organization of the thesis Part A: Introduction introduces the rationale, the aims, the research questions, the scope and the design of the study. Part B: Development is divided into 3 chapters.
Chapter 1: Literature Review presents theories related to vocabulary, mind- mapping. Chapter 2: The study presents the research methods, the setting of the study, the participants, the research data and the research procedures. Chapter 3: Findings and Discussion presents the analysis of initial collected data to determine the problems, then the action plan. The analysis of post-treatment data was then presented along with which the discussions were given.
Part C: Conclusion provides the pedagogical implications, some limitations of the study and suggestions for future study. 9 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter presents a brief review of the literature relevant to the study. It consists of the theory of vocabulary and mind mapping technique. Vocabulary and its importance 1.
Vocabulary definition Vocabulary plays a crucial part in the language learning process. Having a wide range of vocabulary is strongly related to the degree of language proficiency. Hence, it is necessary to clarify this term in this study at first. So far there have been ample definitions of vocabulary.
Specially, Ur (1996) characterized vocabulary as the words we teach in the foreign language. She also stated that a new item of vocabulary may be more than a single word: a compound of two or three words or multi -word idioms. In addition, Read (2001) viewed words as the basic building blocks of language, the units of meaning from which the larger structures such as sentences, paragraphs and whole texts are formed (p. Vocabulary can be defined, roughly, according to the Cambridge Advanced Learner‟s Dictionary, as following: - All the words known and used by a particular person - All the words which exist in a particular language or subject In short, from the definition above, it can be concluded that vocabulary is a list of words or a set of words in a language and knowledge of words regarding its forms and meanings.
In the present study, vocabulary refers to the words, compounds and idioms in a language that have meanings used to 10 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com convey and receive information in oral and written communication. The role of vocabulary Even though vocabulary is the sub-set of a language, it plays a very important role in language.