Innovative methods of learning english vocabulary for students of english linguistics at khanh hoa university

KHANH HOA UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT GRADUATION PAPER INNOVATIVE METHODS OF LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AT KHANH HOA UNIVERSITY Student’s name: Student’s code: Class: Academic year: Instructor: Trần Nam Phương 18106024 English Linguistic K3A 2018-2022 Võ Tú Phương Khánh Hòa, May 1st 2022 KHANH HOA UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT GRADUATION PAPER INNOVATIVE METHODS OF LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AT KHANH HOA UNIVERSITY Student’s name: Student’s code: Class: Academic year: Instructor: Trần Nam Phương 18106024 English Linguistic K3A 2018-2022 Võ Tú Phương Khánh Hòa, May 1st 2022 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, allow me to express my deepest gratitude to Khanh Hoa University and the Faculty of Foreign Languages for creating the best learning environment and giving me the opportunity to my graduation thesis Thank you to the lecturers of the Faculty of Foreign Languages for imparting valuable knowledge to me during the years I studied I wish to express my special thanks to my thesis instructor, Ms Vo Tu Phuong, who has always helped and supported me a lot during the process of my thesis Ms Tu Phuong gave instructions and showed me how to complete the thesis in the best way Thank you to all the English Linguistics students at Khanh Hoa University in courses 3, 4, and who cooperated in the surveys Your enthusiastic cooperation has helped my research to collect objective data and make my research more convincing and realistic During the process of my thesis work, sometimes there will be shortcomings in my research paper because this is my first time doing a thesis, maybe sometimes there will be worries and confusion, I am very grateful to receive comments from lecturers Once again, I would like to thank the lecturers of Khanh Hoa University, and also the lecturers of the Faculty of Foreign Languages TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale Significance of the study Aim and objective of the study Research questions Scope of the study .3 5.1 Scope of the Study 5.2 The scope of the Data 5.3 The scope of Respondents 5.4 The scope of Place Design of the study PART TWO: THE CONTENT OF STUDY CHAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Introduction .4 1.2 Vocabulary learning method 1.2.1 Definitions 1.2.2 Vocabulary learning method 1.2.3 Previous study 13 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY 16 2.1 Research design 16 2.2 Participants and purposes of the survey questionnaire 17 2.2.1 Participants of the survey questionnaire 17 2.1.2 Purposes of the survey questionnaire 19 2.2 Design of the questionnaire 20 2.2.1 Survey questions 21 2.2.2 Interview questions 21 2.3 Findings and discussion 22 2.3.1 Data analysis 22 2.3.1.1 The vocabulary learning ability of students in English Linguistic at Khanh Hoa University 22 2.3.1.2 How students learn English vocabulary? 22 2.3.1.3 Student’s opinion on improving English vocabulary 23 3.3 Research instruments 23 3.3.1 Pre-survey and post-survey 23 CHAPTER 3: SUGGESTIONS FOR INNOVATIVE METHODS OF LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS 25 3.1 Learning vocabulary by using word cards 25 3.2 Learning vocabulary through watching TV shows, and movies, listening to music 26 3.3 Learning vocabulary by using apps learning English 29 3.4 Learning vocabulary through useful website learning English 32 3.5 Learning vocabulary by using another method 37 PART THREE: CONCLUSION .41 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 41 4.1 Data collection procedure 41 4.2 Analysis of data 41 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION 62 5.1 Answer hypothetical questions .62 5.2 Limitations 63 5.3 Implication 67 APPENDIX 1: THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS 69 APPENDIX 2: INFORMAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS 71 APPENDIX 3: THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS 72 APPENDIX 4: THE RESULT 74 REFERENCES 115 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Rationale As a student studying English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University, to make sure that I have four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing quite well and confident enough when using English Then I, like other students, have to study English very diligently in my English Linguistic major However, during the four years of study, I noticed that most of the students have problems with fear and worry when writing an essay, having presentations in a class using English, and they can not complete English reading or listening exams well And the reason is that students are limited in terms of English vocabulary, their English is only enough to use in exercises or presentations with simple topics, but as they advanced or extended topics, they are very confused and scared when they don’t have enough confidence to be able to their best And most students of English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University are unsure of themselves about their English vocabulary Firstly, whenever students work in groups for a presentation, most of them believe that assigning the responsibility to the presenter who is a person that has confidence in using English to express the presence the most perfect for the group Secondly, their writing ability is limited because they not know how to use new words, and collocation They almost only use basic words that they used to learn in secondary school or high school This lead to the students struggling with difficult essays that require a high level of using English vocabulary Finally, students' reading and listening skills are still very limited For more details, because the topics of reading and listening are often diverse and profound, their vocabulary is not enough to be able to read or listen to understand which would lead to students getting bored very easily and often superficially just to keep a passing grade in subjects Thus, the reason I chose this topic to research is that I want to hear more opinions from students of English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University about the difficulties when they learn English vocabulary Like, whether it is not effective or it is effective but the process of learning more vocabulary is quite slow From which to offer innovative English learning methods to help students find the ones that they feel more suitable Also, it can help students have more confidence when using their English vocabulary in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in examinations and future jobs Significance of the study Firstly, the study of this topic aims to find out the difficulties that students of English Linguistics are facing in the process of learning vocabulary Secondly, the study proposes innovative methods of learning English vocabulary for students effectively, and helps them not only improve their vocabulary but also have confidence in using English in the class as well as in future jobs such as translating, interpreting, teaching, traveling, Thirdly, the lecturer can suggest these methods to their students in the class to improve the students' English skills Finally, the study of the topic brings new experiences for students of English Linguistic when they can know more different methods and find an effective way of learning English vocabulary for themselves Aim and objective of the study Firstly, the research subjects are students of English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University Secondly, the research wants to find out about the current situation of English Linguistics students ' ability when they learn English vocabulary Finally, its aim is to propose innovative methods of learning English vocabulary for English Linguistics students at Khanh Hoa University Research questions In the study with the topic “Innovative methods of learning English vocabulary for students of English Linguistic at Khanh Hoa University,” the process of researching scientific supposition is set to help the research work in the direction of development and better The following are the questions to be answered during the research: 1.What are the difficulties of students of English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University when learning English vocabulary? 2.What are the effective methods of learning English vocabulary for these students? How can students apply English learning methods to learn effectively? Scope of the study 5.1 Scope of the Study This study aimed to find out the difficulties of students’ English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University in learning vocabulary and suggest effective methods of learning English vocabulary for students 5.2 The scope of the Data This scope of content focused on researching innovative methods of learning English vocabulary for students of English Linguistics major at Khanh Hoa University 5.3 The scope of Respondents The scope of the respondents is students of English Linguistics at Khanh Hoa University 5.4 The scope of Place The scope of place is English Linguistics students from courses K3 to K5 at Khanh Hoa University Design of the study The study is divided into parts: Part 1: Introduction includes the rationales, aims, research questions, scope, methods and design of the study Part 2: Development consists of three chapters Chapter 1: Literature review Chapter 2: The study Chapter 3: Methods of learning English vocabulary for students of English Linguistic Part 3: Conclusion and summary of the research results PART TWO: THE CONTENT OF STUDY CHAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Introduction English is the second language of the world, so almost all countries in the world learn English to communicate in the study and work with international friends, so English has played a very important role in daily life and English is also one of the main subjects in schools such as primary schools, secondary schools, high schools until we go to university, we can choose our favorite major But all majors must learn a second language, which is English Thus, for almost all students in all majors, English always plays a particular role in everyone's learning, and especially for students of English Linguistic because it is the most important subject Learning English is put on top that students need to study hard so that when students of English Linguistic graduate from school, they can be more confident when using English in their future jobs But to ensure their English output standards, everyone has to go through almost all the subjects using English, but the limited vocabulary is the problem that most of the students are facing make they not confident enough to give a presentation by using English or write a complete essay or their best English test So what are the students' difficulties when learning English vocabulary? And what English methods should students try for themselves to find the most effective way to learn vocabulary? 1.2 Vocabulary learning method 1.2.1 Definitions What does “vocabulary” mean?: it means all the words known and used by a particular person (Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary) Dale and O’Rourke (1986) described four levels of word knowledge, which they characterized with four statements: I never saw the word before I’ve heard of it, but I don’t know what it means I recognize it in context, and I can tell you what it is related to 4 I know the word well Wilkins (1972, as cited in Herberston, 2010) described the importance of learning vocabulary in his quote, “Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed” Barnhart, Clarence L (1968) described the types of vocabulary Reading vocabulary: A person's reading vocabulary is all the words recognized when reading This class of vocabulary is generally the amplest, as new words are more commonly encountered when reading than when listening Listening vocabulary: A person's listening vocabulary comprises the words recognized when listening to speech Cues such as the speaker's tone and gestures, the topic of discussion, and the conversation's social context may convey the meaning of an unfamiliar word Speaking vocabulary: A person's speaking vocabulary comprises the words used in speech and is generally a subset of the listening vocabulary Due to the spontaneous nature of speech, words are often misused slightly and unintentionally, but facial expressions and tone of voice can compensate for this misuse Writing vocabulary: The written word appears in registers as different as formal essays and social media feeds While many written words rarely appear in speech, a person's written vocabulary is generally limited by preference and context: a writer may prefer one synonym over another, and they will be unlikely to use technical vocabulary relating to a subject in which they have no interest or knowledge Thus, the use of vocabulary in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills all have different uses, but only when we study English vocabulary seriously and hard we can understand listening tests, we can speak or have a presentation in English fluently and effectively, we can read and understand 70-80% of English texts or other English books and we can write an essay by