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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

Background

Purpose of the study

Research Questions

Introduction

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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Setting

China’s key universities

Methodology

Methodology

Participants

100 non-English major students

20 teachers

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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

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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.

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Thank you.

Merry Christmas!