ISSN (Online): 2321-3418
server-injected
Education And Language
Open Access

Effectiveness of the Techniques Applied to Teach Vocabulary in Mbujimayi

DOI: 10.18535/ijsrm/v10i7.el04· Pages: 2452-2467· Vol. 10, No. 07, (2022)· Published: July 24, 2022
PDF
Views: 485 PDF downloads: 309

Abstract

To solve this problem, I advise teachers to reconsider their choices of the vocabulary teaching techniques and their combination with others paying attention to those likely to achieve lexical competence. I find the use of the dictionary the best technique for teaching vocabulary as the dictionary contains all the elements of vocabulary listed in this paper. Decision makers and teachers should maximise teacher training in dictionary use (in class or out of it) for the good of the learners’ lexical instruction.

References

  1. Alqahtani, M. (2015). The Importance of Vocabulary in Language Learning and How to Be Taught. In International Journal of Teaching and Education Vol. III, No. 3 / 2015Google Scholar ↗
  2. Anderson, R. C. & P. Freebody, (1981). Vocabulary Knowledge. In J. T. Guthrie (Ed.), Comprehension and Teaching: Research Reviews (pp. 77-117).Google Scholar ↗
  3. Bauer, L. (2001) Vocabulary. New York: Taylor & Francis e-Library, ISBN 0-203-02605-5 Master e-book ISBNGoogle Scholar ↗
  4. Beck, I. L., & McKeown, M. (1991). Conditions of vocabulary acquisition. In R. Barr, M. L. Kamil, P. Mosenthal, & P. D. Pearson (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. II, pp.789–814). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Google Scholar ↗
  5. Bensoussan, M., & Laufer, B. (1984). Lexical Guessing in Context in EFL Reading Comprehension. Journal of Research in Reading, 7, 15–31.Google Scholar ↗
  6. Blachowicz, C. L. Z., & Fisher, P. (2000). Vocabulary Instruction. In M. L. Kamil, P. B. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, & R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of Reading Research (Vol. III, pp.503–523). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Google Scholar ↗
  7. CACD, 2008. Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary. Cambridge: C.U.P. (E-Dictionary).Google Scholar ↗
  8. Carter, R. and M. McCarthy (2013) Developments in the Teaching of Vocabulary. In Carter, R. and M. McCarthy (Eds) Vocabulary and Language Teaching. New York: Routledge, pp. 39-59.Google Scholar ↗
  9. Case, A. (2008) 15 Ways of Eliciting Vocabulary. At https://www.tefl.net/elt/articles/teacher-technique/eliciting-vocabulary. (Accessed on 10 may 2020)Google Scholar ↗
  10. Case, A. (2019). The Advantages and Disadvantages of Eliciting in the EFL Classroom. Retrieved March 10, 2021 from http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/articles/advantagesdisadvantageseliciting-in-efl-classroom.html.Google Scholar ↗
  11. Chitravelu, N., Sithamparan, S., & T.S. Choon, (2005). ELT Methodology: Principle and Practice. Selangor : Fajar Bakti.Google Scholar ↗
  12. Chun, D., & J. Plass, (1996). Effects of Multimedia Annotations on Vocabulary Acquisition. The Modern Language Journal, 80, 183-199.Google Scholar ↗
  13. Cremer, M., Dingshoff, D., de Beer, M., & Schoonen, R. (2010). Do Word Associations Assess Word Knowledge? A Comparison of L1 and L2, Child and Adult Word Associations. In International Journal of Bilingualism, 15(2), pp.187-204.Google Scholar ↗
  14. Dubin, F. (1993).Predicting Word Meanings from Contextual Clues: Evidence from L1 Readers. In Huckin, T., Haynes, M., and Coady, J (Ed.), Second language Reading and Vocabulary Learning (pp. 181-202). Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.Google Scholar ↗
  15. Edideps (2007). Programme National d’Anglais. Kinshasa: EDIDEPS.Google Scholar ↗
  16. Elley, W. B. (1989). Vocabulary Acquisition from Listening to Stories. In Reading Research Quarterly, 24, 174–187.Google Scholar ↗
  17. Folse, K. (1999). The Effect of Type of Written Practice Activity on Second Language Vocabulary Retention (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida, 1999). In Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 115.Google Scholar ↗
  18. Folse, K. (2004a). Myths about Teaching and Learning Second Language Vocabulary: What Recent Research Says. In TESL Reporter 37, 2. Pp. 1-13.Google Scholar ↗
  19. Folse, K. (2004b). A Case Study of Vocabulary Teaching in Two Classes in an Intensive Program at a U.S. University. Unpublished Manuscript.Google Scholar ↗
  20. Folse, K. S. (2006). The Effect of Type of Written Exercise on L2 Vocabulary Retention. TESOL Quarterly, 40(2), 273–293. http://doi.org/dnhtfpGoogle Scholar ↗
  21. Fraser, C. A. (1999 b). Lexical Processing Strategy Use and Vocabulary Learning through Reading. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 21(2), 225-241.Google Scholar ↗
  22. Fraser, C. A. (1999 c). The Role of Consulting a Dictionary in Reading and Vocabulary Learning. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2 (1-2), 73-89.Google Scholar ↗
  23. Grace, C. (1998). Retention of Word Meanings Inferred from Context and Sentence Level Translations: Implications for the Design of Beginning-level CALL Software. The Modern Language Journal, 82,533-544.Google Scholar ↗
  24. Graves, M. F., & Watts-Taffe, S. M. (2002). The place of Word Consciousness in a Research-based Vocabulary Program. In A. E. Farstrup & S. J. Samuels (Eds.), What Research Has to Say about Reading Instruction (pp.140–165). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.Google Scholar ↗
  25. Groot, P. J. M. (2000). Computer Assisted Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition. Language Learning & Technology, 4(1), 60–81.Google Scholar ↗
  26. Gruneberg, M. and Sykes, R. (1991). Individual Differences and Attitudes to the Keyword Method of Foreign Language Learning. In Language Learning Journal, 4, 60-62.Google Scholar ↗
  27. Haastrup, K. (1991). Lexical Inferencing Procedures, Or, Talking about Words: Receptive Procedures in Foreign Language Learning with Special Reference to English. Tubingen: Gunter Narr.Google Scholar ↗
  28. Halliday, M.A.K. (1975). Learning How to Mean. London: Edward Arnold.Google Scholar ↗
  29. Harmer, J. (2007a). The Practice of English Language Teaching: Fourth Edition. New York: Pearson Longman.Google Scholar ↗
  30. Hauge, E. (1999). Some Common Emblems Used by British English Teachers in EFL Classes. In Killick, David & Margaret Parry (Eds.), Cross-cultural Capability – Promoting the Discipline:Marking Boundariesand Crossing Borders Proceedings of the Conference at Leeds Metropolitan University Dec, pp. 405-420.Google Scholar ↗
  31. Henriksen, B. (1999). Three dimensions of Vocabulary Development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 21(2), 303-317.Google Scholar ↗
  32. Hulstijn, J. H. (1992). Retention of Inferred and Given Word Meanings: Experiments in Incidental Vocabulary Learning. In P. Arnaud & H. Bejoint (Eds.), Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics (pp.113-125). London: Macmillan Academic and Professional Limited.Google Scholar ↗
  33. Hulstijn, J. H., Hollander, M., & Greidanus, T (1996). Incidental Vocabulary Learning by Advanced Foreign Language Students: The Inf1uence of Marginal Glosses, Dictionary Use, and Reoccurrence of Unknown Words. The Modern Language Journal, 80, 327-339.Google Scholar ↗
  34. Kamil, M.L. and E. H. Hiebert (2005). Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Perspectives and Persistent Issues. In Hiebert, E. H. and, M. L. Kamil (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice. Pp 1-26Google Scholar ↗
  35. KILIÇ, M. (2019) Vocabulary Knowledge as a Predictor of Performance in Writing and Speaking: A Case of Turkish EFL Learners. In PASAA Vol. 57, pp. 134-164Google Scholar ↗
  36. Klippel (1994). Strategies in Language Teaching. Nourth Am. : Clin.Google Scholar ↗
  37. Knight, S. (1994). Dictionary Use while Reading: The Effects on Comprehension and Vocabulary Acquisition for Students of Different Verbal Abilities. The Modern Language Journal, 78, 285-299.Google Scholar ↗
  38. Kumar, P. and N.S.R. Murthy. 2020. Techniques for Teaching/Learning Vocabulary: A Brief Study. In Journal of Research Scholars and Professionals of English Language Teaching. Issue 19, Vol. 4 (www.jrspelt.com.)Google Scholar ↗
  39. Laufer, B. (1992a). How much lexis is necessary for reading comprehension? In P.J.L. Arnaud & H. Béjoint (Eds.), Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics (126-132). Basingstoke: Macmillan.Google Scholar ↗
  40. Laufer, B. (1992b). Reading in a Foreign Language: How Does L2 Lexical Knowledge Interact with the Readers’ General Academic Ability? Journal of Research in Reading 15, 95-103.Google Scholar ↗
  41. Laufer, B. and J. Hulstijn, (2001). Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language: the Construct of Task-induced Involvement. In Applied Linguistics, 22 (1), 1-26.Google Scholar ↗
  42. Laufer, B., & Hill, M. (2000). What Lexical Information Do L2 Learners Select in a CALL Dictionary and How Does it Affect Word Retention? Language Learning and Technology, 3, 58–76.Google Scholar ↗
  43. Laufer, B., & Hulstijn, J. (1998, March) What Leads to Better Incidental Vocabulary Learning: Comprehensible Input or Comprehensible Output? Paper presented at the Pacific Second Language Research Form (PacSLRF), Tokyo.Google Scholar ↗
  44. Laufer, B., & Shmueli, K. (1997). Memorizing New Words: Does Teaching Have Anything to Do with It? RELC Journal, 28(1), 89-108.Google Scholar ↗
  45. Lew, R. (2004). Which Dictionary for Whom?: Receptive Use of Bilingual, Monolingual and Semi-Bilingual Dictionaries by Polish Learners of English. Poznań: Motivex.Google Scholar ↗
  46. McCarthy, M. and F. O’Dell (1999) English Vocabulary in Use. 9th Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar ↗
  47. McCarthy, M. J. (1988). Some Vocabulary Patterns in Conversation. In International Journal of Teaching and Education. Vol. III, No. 3 / 2015.Google Scholar ↗
  48. Meara, P. & B. Wolter, (2004) V_Links, beyond Vocabulary Depth. Angles on the English Speaking World, 4, 85-96.Google Scholar ↗
  49. Meara, P. (1994). The effect of cognates on the applicability of Yes/No vocabulary tests. Canadian Modern Language Review, 50(2), 296-311.Google Scholar ↗
  50. Miller, G., & Gildea, P. (1987). How Children Learn Words. Scientific American, 257, 94–99Google Scholar ↗
  51. Milton, J. (2013). Measuring the Contribution of Vocabulary Knowledge to Proficiency in the Four Skills. In Bardel, C., Lindqvist, C. & B. Laufer (Eds.), L2 Vocabulary Acquisition,Knowledge and Use: New Perspectives on Assessment and Corpus Analysis (pp. 57-78). Euro SLA.Google Scholar ↗
  52. Morsali, N. (2012). The Effect of Vocabulary Instruction through Antonymous and Semantically Unrelated Sets on the Writing of English.Google Scholar ↗
  53. Nagy, W. E., & Scott, J. A. (2000). Vocabulary Processes. In M. Kamil, P. Mosenthal, P. Pearson, & R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of Reading Research (Vol. 3, pp. 269–284). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Google Scholar ↗
  54. Nation, I. S. P. & J. Coady (1988). Vocabulary and Reading. In R. Carter & M. McCarthy (Eds.) Vocabulary and Language Teaching (97-110). London: Longman.Google Scholar ↗
  55. Nation, I.S.P. (1990). Teaching and learning vocabulary. Rowley, MA: Newbury House.Google Scholar ↗
  56. Nation, I.S.P. (2001). Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar ↗
  57. Nattinger, J. (2013) Some Current Trends in Vocabulary Teaching. In Carter, R. and M. McCarthy (Eds.) Vocabulary and Language Teaching. New York: Routledge, pp 62-81Google Scholar ↗
  58. Nunan, D. (2013) Learner-Centered English Language Education: the Selected Works of David Nunan. London: Routledge.Google Scholar ↗
  59. Oxford, R. L. (1990). Language Learning Strategies. What Every Teacher Should Know. Boston: Heinle and 323 Heinle.Google Scholar ↗
  60. Penno, J. F., Wilkinson, I. A., & D. W. Moore, (2002). Vocabulary Acquisition from Teacher Explanation and Repeated Listening to Stories: Do They Overcome the Matthew Effect? In Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(1), 23- 33.Google Scholar ↗
  61. Porter, P. and G. Margaret, 1992. Communicating Effectively in English: Oral Communication for Non-native Speakers. 2nd ed. Boston: Heinle Publishers.Google Scholar ↗
  62. Powell, W. R. (1986). Teaching Vocabulary through Opposition. Journal of Reading, 29(7), 617-621.Google Scholar ↗
  63. Prichard, C. 2008. Reading in a Foreign Language. In Evaluating L2 Readers’ Vocabulary Strategies and Dictionary Use. 20 (2), pp. 216–231.Google Scholar ↗
  64. Prichard, C., & Matsumoto, Y. (2011). The Effect of Lexical Coverage and Dictionary Use on L2 Reading Comprehension. Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 11(3), 207-225.Google Scholar ↗
  65. Prince, P. (1995). Second Language Vocabulary Learning: The Role of Context versus Translations as a Function of Proficiency. Modern Language Journal, 80, 478493.Google Scholar ↗
  66. Riddell, D. (2014) Teach EFL. eBook, ISBN 978 1 473 60117 8Google Scholar ↗
  67. Rivers and Temperly (1978) A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language. New York: O.U.P.Google Scholar ↗
  68. Saad, A. A. ; Yaacob, A. and A. bt. Shapii (2017) Effective Vocabulary Learning Strategies in EFL Situation: Evidence from SSM Malaysia. In Sci.Int.(Lahore),29(6),1249-1255 at http://www.sci-int.com/pdf/636515304969009877.pdf.Google Scholar ↗
  69. Schatz, E., & Baldwin, R. (1986). Context Clues Are Unreliable Predictors of Word Meanings. Reading Research Quarterly, 21, 439-453.Google Scholar ↗
  70. Schmitt, N. (2000) Vocabulary in Language Teaching. Cambridge: C.U.P.Google Scholar ↗
  71. Scrivener, J. (2012). Classroom Management Techniques. Cambridge: C.U.P.Google Scholar ↗
  72. Shanahan, T., & I. L. Beck, (2006). Effective Literacy Teaching for English-language Learners. In D. August & T. Shanahan (Eds.), Developing Literacy in Second-language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth (pp. 415–488).Google Scholar ↗
  73. Sime, D. (2001). The Use and Perception of Illustrators in the Foreign Language Classroom. In Cavé, Christian, Isabelle Guaïtella, & Serge Santi (Eds.), Oralité et gestualité. Pp. ???Google Scholar ↗
  74. Stahl, S. A., & Fairbanks, M. M. (1986). The effects of Vocabulary Instruction: A Model-Based Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, 56, 72-110.Google Scholar ↗
  75. Storkel, H. L. & Maekawa, J. (2005). A Comparison of Homonym and Novel Word Learning: The Role of Phonotactic Probability and Word Frequency. Journal of Child Language, 32, 827-853.Google Scholar ↗
  76. Summers, D. (1988). The role of dictionaries in language learning. In R. Carter & M. McCarthy (Eds.), Vocabulary and language teaching (pp. 111–125). London:Google Scholar ↗
  77. Susanto, A. 2017. The Teaching of Vocabulary: A Perspective. In Jurnal KATA: Vol 1 No. 2, pp. 182-191.Google Scholar ↗
  78. Tahririan, M.H. and E. Sadri (2013) Dictionary Consultation as a Lexical Processing Strategy: Exploring Look-up Notes in Iranian University Students’ Academic Textbooks. In International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature. Vol. 2 No. 5:178-184 (at http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.2n.5p.178)DOI ↗Google Scholar ↗
  79. Tajik, F. 2018.The Impact of Teaching English Synonym and Antonym Pairs Adjacently and Non-Adjacently on Iranian E FL Learners' Vocabulary Learning and Retention. In Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods (MJLTM). 8 (3), pp. 200-225.Google Scholar ↗
  80. Tellier, M. (2007). How Do Teacher’s Gestures Help Young Children in Second Language Acquisition? In Proceedings of the Meeting of International Society of Gesture Studies, ISGS 2005: Interacting Bodies, June, 15th-18th, ENS Lyon. (Accessed on 10 may 2020 from http://gesture- lyon2005.enslsh.fr/IMG/pdf/TellierFINAL.pdf).Google Scholar ↗
  81. Thornbury, S. (2002). How to Teach Vocabulary. England: Pearson Education Limited.Google Scholar ↗
  82. Tshimanga, B.F. (on going) Vocabulary Teaching Techniques Used by the 5th Form EFL Teachers in Mbujimayi (PhD Thesis, university of Kinshasa, DRC).Google Scholar ↗
  83. Usman, B., Ayouni, N., Samad, I.A., and S.S. Fitriani, 2018. Teachers’ Elicitation: Inviting Students to Speak. Jounrnal of English Education, Literature and Culture.Volume 3, Number 1, pp.51-65.Google Scholar ↗
  84. Williams, R. (1985) Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. New York: O.U.P.Google Scholar ↗
Author details
F.B. Tshimanga
✉ Corresponding Author
👤 View Profile →