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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT PHƯƠNG NHÂN AN INVESTIGATION ON VOCABULARY TEACHING IN THE ADVANCED LEVEL TEXTBOOK PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH SPECIALIZED STUDENTS GRADE 11TH IN CHU VAN AN HIGH SCHOOL NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ VIỆC GIẢNG DẠY TỪ VỰNG TRONG CHƯƠNG TRÌNH SÁCH GIÁO KHOA NÂNG CAO DÀNH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 11 CHUYÊN ANH TRƯỜNG CHU VĂN AN M.A MINOR THESIS FIELD CODE : METHODOLOGY : 601410 HANOI, 2008 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT PHƯƠNG NHÂN AN INVESTIGATION ON VOCABULARY TEACHING IN THE ADVANCED LEVEL TEXTBOOK PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH SPECIALIZED STUDENTS GRADE 11TH IN CHU VAN AN HIGH SCHOOL NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ VIỆC GIẢNG DẠY TỪ VỰNG TRONG CHƯƠNG TRÌNH SÁCH GIÁO KHOA NÂNG CAO DÀNH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 11 CHUYÊN ANH TRƯỜNG CHU VĂN AN M.A MINOR THESIS FIELD CODE SUPERVISOR : METHODOLOGY : 601410 : ĐINH HẢI YẾN, M.Ed HANOI, 2008 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authorship of the minor thesis submitted today entitled “An investigation on vocabulary teaching in the advanced level textbook program for English specialized students grade 11th in Chu Van An High School” in terms of the statement of requirements for the thesis and the field study reports in Masters’ programs is the result of my own work, except where otherwise acknowledged and that this minor thesis or any part of the same had not been submitted for a higher degree to any other universities or institution Signature Date: December 29th, 2008 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Ms Dinh Hai Yen, M.Ed, for her academic guidance and support throughout this study Without her valuable assistance, my thesis would not have been completed I would like to sincerely thank the lecturers of the Department of Post Graduate Studies, College of Foreign Languages, Hanoi National University for their useful lessons that have helped in the clarification of many points Last but not least, many special thanks are due to the teaching staff and students from English specialized classes 11th grade in Chu Van An High School, who contributed data to the study Without their enthusiastic cooperation, I would not have been able to conduct my research I hope that the insights this paper has yielded will be of benefit for future students in the program ABSTRACT Vocabulary acquisition is one of the most challenging obstacles language learners must overcome This is especially true for students in English specialized classes where comprehension of academic texts is required This minor thesis investigates the vocabulary strategy teaching component of an advanced-level course book for students in the grade 11th of Chu Van An High School It first describes the course and the issues which prompted the study The present study is an effort that aims to examine the students’ usage of vocabulary learning strategies that occurs as the course progresses and to analyse the development of passive and active vocabularies over a three-month period It then reviews the literature relevant to the topic of research which serves as a theoretical for framework for the study The data were collected by means of questionnaires and interviews Results showed that students employed some certain determination, social, memory, cognitive and metacognitive strategies during the course However, the frequency of determination strategies use was significantly higher than that of social and metacognive ones The findings emphasize the potential influence of these strategies on the learners’ vocabulary development Particularly, this study can claim to have achieved its goal of measuring improvements in students’ passive vocabularies and matching them to suitable targets after a three-month period However, the findings from these studies have neither been completely sufficient nor consistent, which requires further research into particular strategies employed by learners of different proficiency levels in varied contexts The study has developmental implication for researchers and teachers It provides a categorization scheme of vocabulary learning strategies that are applicable to other studies in this field In addition, based on the findings, it suggests explicit instruction to improve the efficiency of teaching vocabulary strategies TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements Abstract Part I: INTRODUCTION Rationale Scope, aims and significance of the study 2.1 Scope of the study 2.2 Aims of the study 2.3 Significance of the study Methods of the study Organization of the thesis Part II: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Vocabulary in SLA 1.2 Linguistic Input of Word 1.2.1 Necessary information of ‘knowing’ a word 1.2.2 Receptive and Productive knowledge 1.2.3 How many words learners need to know? 1.3 Vocabulary learning strategies 1.3.1 Determination strategies 1.3.2 Social strategies 1.3.3 Memory strategies 1.3.4 Cognitive strategies 1.3.5 Metacognitive strategies 1.4 Vocabulary teaching in language education 1.5 Summary CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY 2.1 Participants and settings of the study 2.1.1 The school system 2.1.2 Vocabulary in the curriculum 2.1.3 Needs analysis 2.2 Instruments of data collection 2.2.1 Questionnaires 2.2.2 Survey 2.3 Data collection procedures 2.4 Data analysis 2.5 Summary CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Results 3.1.1 Determination strategies 3.1.2 Social strategies 3.1.3 Memory strategies 3.1.4 Cognitive strategies 3.1.5 Metacognitive strategies 3.1.6 Teaching staff survey i ii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 21 21 21 22 23 23 23 24 25 27 28 29 3.2 Summary of major findings 3.3 Discussion of major findings 3.4 Summary Part III: CONCLUSION Summary of previous parts Conclusions Implications of the study Limitations and suggestions for further research REFERENCES APPENDIXES Appendix Appendix Appendix 30 31 33 34 34 35 37 38 I III III VI VII LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CFL : College of Foreign Language VNU : Vietnam National University CVA : Chu Van An High School SSP : Structured Speaking Practice SLA : Second Language Acquisition 10 ... the vocabulary teaching in the advanced level textbook program for English specialized class students who are in the grade 11 th in Chu Van An High School Particularly, this minor thesis only... minor thesis investigates the vocabulary strategy teaching component of an advanced- level course book for students in the grade 11th of Chu Van An High School It first describes the course and... of the students? 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