Apply the Theory of “Learning by Teaching” in Teaching Vocabulary : A Case Study at Ho Chi Minh City National University – University of Technology
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This innovation aims to examine the change in method and motivation
of Vietnamese students towards their English vocabulary learning at university. The
change happens when teachers apply a new method of teaching new vocabularies
to students and let them learn by teaching those new words. This innovation was
implemented in eight weeks from October 5th to December 21st , 2014 with sixty
freshmenofnon–English majorat MechanicalEngineeringFacultyof Ho Chi Minh City
National University – University of Technology. The students were given presentation
assignments besides theirnormal lessons from thetextbook to promotetheir abilities
in learning new vocabularies. Each student was randomly given five new words from
the textbook and had two weeks to prepare themselves for their presentations with
thehelpfuland supportiveassistancefromtheir teacher.Then, theyhavetotaketurns
to make presentations in class about the pronunciation, meaning and word form of
those five new words with the role of a teacher. The innovation in the end got the
expected outcome since the findings from the tests, questionnaires and interviews
indicated that task-based assignments could help students improve their abilities in
learningand rememberingnew vocabularyas wellasusing them inthereal situations.
This innovation was based on a combination of the problem solving model
and social interaction model. After identifying the problem of students’ poor memory
tolearnnew Englishvocabulary, theresearcher–and alsotheinnovatoras well–suggested the task-based assignments as a type of treatment to the perceived problem.
Theresearcherhimself played theroleofanimplementerand adopter; sixtystudents
were clients and adopters.
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- ต้นฉบับที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารวิชาการ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏบุรีรัมย์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏบุรีรัมย์ ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำเว้นเสียแต่ว่าจะได้รับอนุญาตจากมหาวิทยาลัยฯ เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร
- เนื้อหาต้นฉบับที่ปรากฏในวารสารเป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียน ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาด อันเกิดจากเทคนิคการพิมพ์
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