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Presenter: Ginny, TangInstructor: Ph.D Teresa, Hsu
Date: Dec. 22 ,2014
Studies and Suggestions on English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
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Citation
Zheng, S. (2012). Studies and suggestions on English vocabulary teaching and learning. English Language Teaching, 5(5), 129-135.
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Contents
• Introduction• Literature
Review • Methodology
• Discussion• Suggestion • Conclusion• Reflections
Research Questions
① How do the students and teachers understand vocabulary teaching /learning?
② What is the current situation of vocabulary teaching or learning in university ?
③ What are the problems / the subjects think in their vocabulary teaching /learning?
Background
• Class instruction on vocabulary learning strategies can help students gain awareness of learning strategies.
Help them overcome the general learning style limitation
Assist in processing , retrieving and using new language information
(Nyikos & Oxford, 1993)
Purpose of the study
To suggest an enhanced awareness in vocabulary acquisition :
• cultural difference • metaphorical
competence• learners’ autonomy
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Literature Review
• Studying a language without knowing its culture is like knowing the shell without its “content” (Hu W, 1988)
• Concepts ae formed through body and mind’s embodiment of the world and are understood
through body and mind. (Lakoff & Johnson,1980)
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Procedure Required to fulfill the questions:
Students
Teachers
In one class hour
Spare time of the day
Methodolo
gy
Discussion 1 ① How do the students understand vocabulary
teaching /learning?
Students
• 85% students are aware of the importance of vocabulary.
• They have to learn the basics.
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Teachers
Discussion 1.1 ① How do the teachers understand
vocabulary teaching /learning?
• Vocabulary teaching should be prioritized.
• They have been influenced by the traditional teaching methods in China.
Reading aloud then matching the translation in a word list .
Discussion 2 ② What is the current situation of vocabulary
teaching or learning in university ?
By writing automaticallyStudents
Teachers Explain the meaning listed in the text and
make sentence examples
Discussion 3③ What are the problems / the subjects think
in their vocabulary teaching /learning?
Students
Teachers
Problem:
Both think the meaning of vocabulary is difficult to learn and teach.
Helpful subject:
Contexts of vocabulary
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Suggestion
• Better awareness of difference between two culture
• Improvement of Metaphorical Competence • More Autonomy in learning vocabulary
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Mapping
Internal Relations
Embodied Experience
Etymology
Team work
Basis of Similarity
Suggested
Model
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Conclusion
Class instruction on vocabulary learning strategies can help students gain awareness of learning strategies.
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Reflectiion
As a student…To get a good outcome in learning is to find your own method in study.
As a teacher…
To teach efficiently is to find a suitable teaching strategy for students.