developing vocabulary – learning strategies for the second.pptVIP

DEVELOPING VOCABULARY – LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT HAI PHONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Presenter: Tran Thi Hoa, M.A. Hai Phong Medical University RATIONALE Enlarging vocabulary is especially important for learners of pre-intermediate level The practice of learner training in Vietnamese classrooms is still open to question The local context of Hai Phong Medical University calls for the idea of developing learning strategies AIMS OF THE STUDY Improve Ss’ vocabulary learning through a training program of learning strategies Evaluate the strategy training program through Ss’ perception RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the problems that the students encounter in their independent vocabulary learning? How effective is the strategy training programme in helping the students learn vocabulary, as perceived by the students? SCOPE OF THE STUDY The research focuses on the explicit teaching of learning strategies. Three strategy sets, namely Dictionary-related strategies, Recording vocabulary and Studying affixes, are taught. METHODOLOGY Method: Action Research Participants: + 27 second-year students + The teacher – researcher IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION RESEARCH Conducted for 10 weeks during the second term of school year 2009 – 2010 Divided into three phases IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION RESEARCH Phase One (Week 1-4) _ Week 1: The students were explicitly introduced to the vocabulary-learning strategy training programme. Pre-treatment questionnaires were distributed _ Week 2 – 4: The students were given a strategy teaching lesson each week. _ Three strategey sets were adapted from the taxonomy of vocabulary learning strategies suggested by Schmitt (1997) IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION RESEARCH Phase Two (Week 5 – 7) _ Phase Two provided the students with guided practice by means of weekly word-learning records. Phase Three (Week 8 – 10) _ The students kept a free-style vocabulary diary for their independent learning.