An application of semantic mapping in teaching english vocabulary for students of food processing at nghe an trading and tourism vocational college

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING VINH UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI LAN PHUONG AN APPLICATION OF SEMANTIC MAPPING IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS OF FOOD PROCESSING AT NGHE AN TRADING AND TOURISM VOCATIONAL COLLEGE MASTER’S THESIS IN EDUCATION Nghệ An, năm 2014 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING VINH UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI LAN PHUONG AN APPLICATION OF SEMANTIC MAPPING IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS OF FOOD PROCESSING AT NGHE AN TRADING AND TOURISM VOCATIONAL COLLEGE Major: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Code: 60140111 MASTER’S THESIS IN EDUCATION SUPERVISOR:: TRAN BA TIEN, Ph.D Nghệ An- 2014 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the thesis entitled “An application of semantic mapping in teaching English vocabulary for students of Food Processing at Nghe An Trading and Tourism vocational college" is the result of my own work, and that the minor thesis or any part of the same has not been submitted to any university or institution Vinh, August 2014 Author’s signature Nguyen Thi Lan Phuong i ACKNOWLDGEMENTS The thesis could not have been completed without the help of many people to whom I am indebted I would like to thank Dr Tran Ba Tien, who commented on my work, for his kind help and valuable advice he provides me I am also grateful to the head of Foreign Language Department at Nghe An Tourism-Trading Vocational College, my colleagues and students of K18B5 and K18B6 who helped me much to finish the methodology of the research I wish to thank my parents and my loved family who love, care, support and encourage me a lot in the production of this study Finally, I am too aware that despite all the advice and assistance, I feel that the thesis is far from perfect, it is therefore, my sole responsibilities for any inadequacies that it may be considered to have ii ABSTRACT At Nghe An Trading and Tourism vocational college, when students learn English, they usually face with many difficulties not only in specific language skills but also in vocabulary Semantic mapping is considered as a good strategy be applied in teaching of vocabulary Based on literature review, it is found that semantic mapping has had good effects on vocabulary learning; especially it improves the retention and retrieval of word meanings This study was conducted to explore the students’ vocabulary performance under the treatment of semantic mapping and their reflections on the teacher’s application of this method This experimental study followed a two-group pre-test and post-test design The participants were 87 freshmen of Food processing students at At Nghe An Trading and Tourism vocational college Three instruments: (1) the tests on vocabulary knowledge, (2) the questionnaire on the students’ perceptions towards semantic mapping, and (3) the interview on the students’ reflections towards semantic mapping were employed to collect both quantitative and qualitative data iii TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ACKNOWLDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBRIVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF CHARTS .8 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION .9 1.1 Rationale 1.2 Aims of the study 11 1.3 Research questions 12 1.4 Significance of the study 12 1.5 Organization of the study 12 Chapter 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 14 2.1 What is vocabulary? 14 2.2 The importance of vocabulary 15 2.3 Approaches to teaching vocabulary .16 2.3.1 General traditional methods .16 2.3.1.1 The grammar-translation method 16 2.3.1.2 The direct method 16 2.3.1.3 The audio-lingual method 17 2.3.2 Communicative approach to teaching vocabulary .17 2.4 Semantic mapping 21 2.4.1 Definitions of semantic mapping .21 2.4.2 A typology of semantic mapping .23 2.4.2.2 Story mapping .25 2.4.2.3 Concept mapping 27 C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an 2.4.3 The use of semantic mapping in empirical research 29 2.4.3.2 Stage to use 32 2.4.3.3 Way to use 33 2.5 The roles of semantic mapping in EFL classrooms 35 2.5.1 Improvement in success and rate of foreign language acquisition 35 2.5.2 Improvement in attitudes towards foreign language acquisition .36 2.6 Implications for English vocabulary teaching practices 37 2.6.1 Stage 1: Introduction 38 2.6.2 Stage 2: Brainstorm 38 2.6.3 Stage 3: Categorization 38 2.6.4 Stage 4: Synthesis 39 2.7 Summary 39 Chapter 3: METHODOLOGY 40 3.1 Study setting 40 3.2 Participants 40 3.2.1 The Control Group .41 3.2.2 The Experimental Group 41 3.2.3 Resemblance 41 3.3 Data types of methods of data collection 42 3.3.1 Experiment 42 3.3.1.1 Pre-test 43 3.3.1.2 Experimental teaching process 43 3.3.1.3 Post-test .45 3.3.2 Interview 45 3.3.3 Questionnaire .46 3.4 Analytical framework 47 3.4.1 Quantitative analysis of pre- and post-tests .47 3.4.2 Qualitative analysis 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4.1.2 Post-test results 51 4.1.2.1 The Control Group 51 4.1.2.2 The Experimental Group .52 4.1.2.3 Post-test differences .52 4.1.3 A comparison of pre- and post-test results for each group 53 4.1.3.1 Means 53 4.1.3.2 Distribution of score types 54 4.2 Results from interviews and questionnaires 55 4.2.1 About the role of vocabulary and the application of semantic mapping in its teaching 56 4.2.1.1 The students’ preference for the approach to teach vocabulary 56 4.2.1.2 The students’ impression on semantic mapping 57 4.2.1.3 The students’ reflections on the teacher’s application of semantic mapping .58 4.2.1.4 The students’ opinions for the frequency of using semantic mapping 65 4.2.2 Summary 66 4.3 Discussion 66 4.4 Overall summary .67 Chapter 5: CONCLUSION .68 5.1 Conclusions .68 5.2 Recommendations for English language practitioners 70 5.2.1 For teachers 70 5.2.2 For students 71 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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will be able to: - Broaden some vocabulary related ingredients of beef noodle soup - Using these words in communication - Do the vocabulary exercises required II Materials: textbook, blackboard, chalk Time: 2’ III Classroom stabilization - Ask the date - Check the absentees IV Procedures Time 03’ Content Teacher’s activities Students ‘activities Warm up Questions 1/ Can you list some - Ask students some - Pay attention and typical dishes in questions related to think to answer Vietnam? part of body 2/ What does your - Call on some students - Answer the family often have for to answer breakfast? - Check and give the 3/ What ingredients feed back 88 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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glutinous, 3/ beef, salt, egg, seasoning, 15’ Before you read Vocabulary: Main ingredients - Announces the topic - Ask students to -flank meat of the lesson by think of the related -lean drawing a large oval on words that come to -dried rice noodle the blackboard and mind and share them sticks write the key word or in groups Spicies concept in the center of -salt it -seasoning - Ask students to share - Share their recorded -chilli their recorded words words -pepper - Encourage students to - Add items to the -salt add items to the categories or even to -sugar categories or even to suggest new Broth suggest new categories categories beef bone - Records the ideas ox tail that students give 89 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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some students - Pay attention chilli pepper to read lemon/lime - Check and correct fish sauce pronunciation - Read individually - Read new words -Listen hot chilli sauce 10’ While you read Skim and scan for - Ask students to read - Read the process the specific contents the process individually from the process individually - Scan the specific - Ask students to scan information in the text the specific information in the text 10’ After you read Comprehension Choose the best -Ask students to -Choose the best answer choose the best answer answer individually individually -Go around class and -Do in silently control -Call students to go to -Write the answer on the board and write the board 90 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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– THƯƠNG MẠI NGHỆ AN ……………………………………… PHIẾU KHẢO SÁT Mục đích bảng câu hỏi nhằm thu thập thông tin cần thiết cho luận văn thạc sĩ chuyên ngành giảng dạy lí luận tiếng Anh với đề tài “Hiệu đồ ngữ nghĩa việc dạy từ vựng” Rất mong bạn dành chút thời gian trả lời câu hỏi Đối với phần lớn câu hỏi để trả lời bạn việc đánh dấu () vào ô bạn chọn Sự giúp đỡ bạn qua việc trả lời câu hỏi góp phần lớn vào thành công luận văn Chúng cam kết thông tin thu sử dụng cho mục đích nghiên cứu Rất mong bạn hỗ trợ Thường thầy/cô bạn dạy từ vựng theo: 1.1  Phương pháp truyền thống như: liệt kê từ cho biết nghĩa tiếng Việt, liệt kê từ sau cung cấp câu ví dụ có từ để học sinh đốn nghĩa 1.2  Phương pháp như: dạy từ vựng thơng qua trị chơi (game), tranh ảnh, đồ vật thật, biểu đồ, thông qua hát, truyện kể … Bạn thích phương pháp hơn? 2.1  1.1 2.2  1.2 Đối với bạn phương pháp dạy từ vựng đồ ngữ nghĩa (Semantic mapping) này: 3.1  3.2  không Ý kiến bạn việc giáo viên sử dụng đồ ngữ nghĩa dạy từ vựng: 4.1  thích 4.2  thích 4.3  bình thường 4.4  khơng thích 4.5  khơng thích Cụ thể, ý kiến bạn đặc tính sau đồ ngữ nghĩa sau phương pháp sử dụng để dạy từ vựng giai đoạn trước đọc: 93 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn 5.1 5.1.1 - Lôi người học, làm cho học sinh động 5.1.2 - Tạo nên cảm giác thoải mái, không buồn chán học từ 5.2 5.2.1 - Phát huy trí tuệ người học 5.2.2 - Phát huy chủ động, sáng tạo người học 5.3 - Dễ hiểu 5.4 5.4.1 - Chuyên sâu vào từ vựng đề tài học 5.4.2 - Các từ vựng hệ thống cách logic xoay quanh chủ đề định 5.4.3 - Cung cấp nhiều kiến thức xã hội 5.5 - Hình dung học nói vấn đề 5.6 - Tạo ngữ cảnh tình lạ, hay 5.7 5.7.1 - Giúp thuộc lớp 5.7.2 - Giúp nhớ từ vựng lâu hơn, nhiều 5.7.3 - Tăng vốn từ vựng khơng mà cịn ngồi sống 5.8 - Phát huy khả làm việc theo nhóm (thơng qua thảo luận) 5.9 5.9.1 - Mới lạ nên tạo bỡ ngỡ, khó 94 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn Rất không đồng ý Không đồng ý Các đặc tính Đồng ý ý Rất đồng ý C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an 5.9.2 - Khó với người học vốn từ vựng 5.9.3 - Đơi lúc cập nhật từ 5.9.4 - Cịn vụn vặt, chi tiết q nên đơi khó phân định rõ ràng mục 5.9.5 - Chưa sâu vào học Bạn mong muốn phương pháp sử dụng: 6.1  luôn 6.2  thường xuyên 6.3  CÁM ƠN CÁC BẠN! 95 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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giving responses to the following questions For most of the questions, you just answer by ticking () in the boxes you choose Your responses will greatly contribute to the success of this thesis We promise the information collected will be used for the research purposes only All your responses are appreciated Your teacher often instructs vocabulary by using: 1.1  Traditional approaches like listing new words and then providing their meanings in Vietnamese, or listing new words and then providing example sentences containing these words for students to guess 1.2  Innovative approaches like teaching vocabulary through games, pictures, real objects, graphs, songs, or stories… Which one you prefer? 2.2  2.1 2.2  2.2 For you, teaching vocabulary through semantic mapping is: 3.1  new 3.2  not new Your opinion about the application of semantic mapping in teaching vocabulary: 4.1  like very much 4.2  like 4.3  so so 4.4  don’t like 4.5  don’t like very much Specifically, what is your opinion about the following characteristics of semantic mapping after it was used to teach vocabulary at the pre-reading stage: 96 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn 5.1 5.1.1 – Attractive, make the classroom atmosphere lively 5.1.2 - Make students not feel bored and tedious but comfortable when learning vocabulary 5.2 5.2.1 - Develop students’ brainpower 5.2.2 - Promote students’ initiative and creativeness 5.3 - Easy to understand 5.4 5.4.1 - Delve into the vocabularies related to the topic about to learn 5.4.2 - Arrange vocabularies logically according to a specific topic 5.4.3 - Provide social knowledge 5.5 - Able to pre-imagine the content of the reading texts about to learn 5.6 - Create interesting and meaningful contexts 5.7 5.7.1 - Remember lessons at class 5.7.2 - Make the retention of words much more, easier and longer 5.7.3 - Widen lexical knowledge not only in the reading texts but also in the daily life 5.8 - Promote the competence in working in groups (through discussions) 5.9 5.9.1 - Newfangled, thus causing 97 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77t@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn.Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhddtt@edu.gmail.com.vn.bkc19134.hmu.edu.vn Strongly disagree Disagree Characteristics Agree ý Strongly agree C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an C.33.44.55.54.78.65.5.43.22.2.4 22.Tai lieu Luan 66.55.77.99 van Luan an.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.33.44.55.54.78.655.43.22.2.4.55.22 Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an.Tai lieu Luan van Luan an Do an embarrassment or difficulties 5.9.2 - Hard to students with limited lexical stock 5.9.3 - Update few new words sometimes 5.9.4 - Sometimes over detailed, thus making it hard to identify categories 5.9.5 - Not delve into the lessons much You wish this strategy to be applied: 6.1  always 6.2  frequently 6.3  sometimes THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE! 98 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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Strongly much Characteristics disagree semantic mapping Strongly Their impression on Agree The approach they prefer ý Disagree vocabulary their former teachers used Percentage agree Raw Characteristics Their opinions about the characteristics of semantic mapping 5.1.1 – Attractive, make the classroom atmosphere lively 17 (58.1%) (39.5%) 5.1 5.1.2 - Make students not feel bored and tedious but comfortable when learning vocabulary 5.2.1 - Develop students’ brainpower 5.2 25 5.2.2 - Promote students’ initiative and creativeness 28 14 (65.1%) (32.5%) 33 (18.6%) (76.7%) 12 28 (27.9%) (65.1%) 99 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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(60.4%) (37.2%) - Create interesting and meaningful 20 contexts 22 (46.5%) (51.1%) 5.7.1 - Remember lessons at class 5.7.2 - Make the retention of words much 5.7 more, easier and longer in the reading texts but also in the daily life - Promote the competence in working in groups (through discussions) 5.9.1 - Newfangled, thus causing embarrassment or difficulties 5.9.2 - Hard to students with limited 5.9 lexical stock 5.9.3 - Update few new words sometimes 5.9.4 - Sometimes over detailed, thus 100 (2.4%) (0%) (2.4%) (0%) 0 (0%) (0%) (2.4%) (0%) (2.4%) (0%) (2.4%) (0%) 32 11 (0%) (74.4%) (25.6%) (0%) 29 13 (2.4%) (0%) 0 (0%) (0%) (67.4%) (30.2%) 5.7.3 - Widen lexical knowledge not only 5.8 30 (69.8%) (30.2%) 5.4.3 - Provide social knowledge 5.6 29 (30.2%) (67.4%) according to a specific topic 5.5 36 27 16 (62.7%) (37.3%) 35 (4.6%) (81.3%) (14.1%) (0%) 33 (0%) (9.3%) (13.9%) (0%) 15 26 (0%) (4.6%) (34.8%) (0%) 41 (0%) (4.6%) (0%) (0%) 37 Stt.010.Mssv.BKD002ac.email.ninhd 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