Techniques for Teaching Vocabulary
Abstract
The demand of learning for communication is very necessary and vocabulary plays an important role in daily speeches. Lacking of vocabulary can lead to difficulties in communication. Learners cannot master four skills of English if they have a very limited vocabulary. According to a survey of 42 college students, students have problems with learning vocabulary. Another survey of 13 English teachers says that their vocabulary teaching also meets with difficulties. Therefore, this research was designed to find out the difficulties that learners get into when studying vocabulary. From that point, some effective techniques for teaching vocabulary are discussed.
Introduction
Rationale for the Research
At the end of an English course in researcher’s language centre, Cao Thang Technical College English Centre, students were asked to take a test of four skills in English. Although they studied grammar very well, they still could not do the test well, especially in speaking and writing sections. I asked some students for the reason. They said that they did not have enough vocabulary to express themselves. The situation still occurred in spite of all my efforts. This problem gives me a desire to investigate the difficulties in studying vocabulary and find out some effective teaching methods. I believe that the study’s results can change the situation of my teaching and my student’s learning.
Research Questions
This study seeks answers to the following questions:
1. What difficulties do students have in studying vocabulary?
2. How can we teach vocabulary effectively?
Objectives of the Study
The purpose of this research is to gather some problems that students have when they study vocabulary so that I can have a good insight into teaching and learning vocabulary. The research also attempts to give some suitable techniques in the findings. I hope that this research will be useful for teachers who have the same problems.
Structure of the Research
There are seven main
The demand of learning for communication is very necessary and vocabulary plays an important role in daily speeches. Lacking of vocabulary can lead to difficulties in communication. Learners cannot master four skills of English if they have a very limited vocabulary. According to a survey of 42 college students, students have problems with learning vocabulary. Another survey of 13 English teachers says that their vocabulary teaching also meets with difficulties. Therefore, this research was designed to find out the difficulties that learners get into when studying vocabulary. From that point, some effective techniques for teaching vocabulary are discussed.
Introduction
Rationale for the Research
At the end of an English course in researcher’s language centre, Cao Thang Technical College English Centre, students were asked to take a test of four skills in English. Although they studied grammar very well, they still could not do the test well, especially in speaking and writing sections. I asked some students for the reason. They said that they did not have enough vocabulary to express themselves. The situation still occurred in spite of all my efforts. This problem gives me a desire to investigate the difficulties in studying vocabulary and find out some effective teaching methods. I believe that the study’s results can change the situation of my teaching and my student’s learning.
Research Questions
This study seeks answers to the following questions:
1. What difficulties do students have in studying vocabulary?
2. How can we teach vocabulary effectively?
Objectives of the Study
The purpose of this research is to gather some problems that students have when they study vocabulary so that I can have a good insight into teaching and learning vocabulary. The research also attempts to give some suitable techniques in the findings. I hope that this research will be useful for teachers who have the same problems.
Structure of the Research
There are seven main
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