Difficulties encourtered by the 9th form students in learning English vocabulary at Chu Văn An secondary school

Difficulties encourtered by the 9th form students in learning English vocabulary at Chu Văn An secondary school Vocabulary plays a very important role in learning and teaching English. Vocabulary, however, is really a big challenge to every student, especially students at Chu Văn An secondary school.

MINOR THESIS Difficulties encourtered by the th form students in learning English vocabulary at Chu Văn An secondary school By: Lê Thị Mai Field: English Language Teaching Methodology Course: K21 Supervisor: Dương Thị Nụ, Ph Design Part Part Introduction Part Conclusion Development Chapter Literature review Chapter Methodology Chapter Data analysis and discussion Chapter Findings and solutions PART A: INTRODUCTION RATIONALE - Vocabulary plays a very important role in learning and teaching English - Vocabulary, however, is really a big challenge to every student, especially students at Chu Văn An secondary school AIMS OF THE STUDY - Finding out the factors that cause difficulties for the 9th form students in learning English vocabulary at Chu Văn An secondary school - Giving some suggestions to reduce students’ difficulties to help them study vocabulary more effectively RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the factors causing difficulties for the th form students’ learning of English vocabulary at Chu Văn An secondary school? What solutions should be suggested to help the students learn English vocabulary better? SCOPE OF THE STUDY - The study was carried out with the th form students at Chu Văn An secondary school, Thanh Hóa - The findings and suggested solutions are also provide to improve the students’ English vocabulary learning at Chu Văn An secondary school PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW - An overview of vocabulary - Vocabulary learning - Factors affecting vocabulary learning - Previous work review CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY - Methods of the study: Qualitative and quantitative - Data collection instruments: Survey questionnaire, informal interview and classroomobservation - Subjects of the study: The 9th form students at Chu Văn An secondary school CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS DISCUSSION Students’ level of English vocabulary Students’ attitudes towards learning new words Students’ difficulties in learning new words Options Number of Percentage students Every day 4,6% Three times a week 6,9% Twice a week 13 10% Once a week 6,9% When you feel like to learn 93 71,5% Students’ time for learning new words Options Number of Percentage students Writing words in English many times 94 72,3% Reading words many times 11 8,5% Learning words through textual context 3,1% Learning words through listening 3,8% Learning words through word formation 6,2% Learning words through communication 0% Making a word list 2,3% Other ways 3,8% Ways of learning new words Teachers’ ways to present new words CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS FINDINGS Other factors Internal factors External factors INTERNAL FACTORS - Lack of motivation - Ineffective ways of learning vocabulary - Age of the learners EXTERNAL FACTORS - The English learning environment - Vocabulary learning task - Lack of time OTHER FACTORS - Lack of teaching aids and reference materials - Intralexical factors SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS - Encouraging students’ self- study - Providing students with different vocabulary learning strategies - Improving various techniques in teaching vocabulary Encouraging students’ self- study - Helping students realize that success in learning depends much on their own efforts - Helping students understand the nature of vocabulary learning process - Playing an important role as a source of help to give them homework and feedback Providing students with different vocabulary learning strategies - Learning vocabulary through communication - Learning vocabulary through listening - Learning vocabulary by guessing from context - Learning vocabulary through word formation - Learning vocabulary by using bilingual dictionary Improving various techniques in teaching vocabulary - Basing on characteristic of different groups of students to use and change appropriate teaching techniques - Using effectively visual aids, gestures, facial expressions…, especially word games to motivate students’ English learning - Creating more exercises with different forms and levels of difficulty PART C: CONCLUSION - Recapitulation of the study - Conclusions - Limitations of the study - Suggestions for further research [...]... Helping students realize that success in learning depends much on their own efforts - Helping students understand the nature of vocabulary learning process - Playing an important role as a source of help to give them homework and feedback Providing students with different vocabulary learning strategies - Learning vocabulary through communication - Learning vocabulary through listening - Learning vocabulary. .. vocabulary by guessing from context - Learning vocabulary through word formation - Learning vocabulary by using bilingual dictionary Improving various techniques in teaching vocabulary - Basing on characteristic of different groups of students to use and change appropriate teaching techniques - Using effectively visual aids, gestures, facial expressions…, especially word games to motivate students English learning. .. 3,1% Learning words through listening 5 3,8% Learning words through word formation 8 6,2% Learning words through communication 0 0% Making a word list 3 2,3% Other ways 5 3,8% Ways of learning new words Teachers’ ways to present new words CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS FINDINGS Other factors Internal factors External factors INTERNAL FACTORS - Lack of motivation - Ineffective ways of learning vocabulary. .. vocabulary - Age of the learners EXTERNAL FACTORS - The English learning environment - Vocabulary learning task - Lack of time OTHER FACTORS - Lack of teaching aids and reference materials - Intralexical factors SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS - Encouraging students self- study - Providing students with different vocabulary learning strategies - Improving various techniques in teaching vocabulary Encouraging students .. .Students difficulties in learning new words Options Number of Percentage students Every day 6 4,6% Three times a week 9 6,9% Twice a week 13 10% Once a week 9 6,9% When you feel like to learn 93 71,5% Students time for learning new words Options Number of Percentage students Writing words in English many times 94 72,3% Reading words many times 11 8,5% Learning words through textual... effectively visual aids, gestures, facial expressions…, especially word games to motivate students English learning - Creating more exercises with different forms and levels of difficulty PART C: CONCLUSION - Recapitulation of the study - Conclusions - Limitations of the study - Suggestions for further research