10122612 SabrinaAdvisor: Richard Lee

Instructor: Teresa HsuDate: 2013/10/21

The impact of imagery strategy on EFL learners’ vocabulary learning

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Citation

Zahedi, Y., & Abdi, M. (2012). The Impact of Imagery Strategy on EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 69, 2264-2272.

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Contents

Introduction

LiteratureReview

Methodology

Results & Conclusion Reflection

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Introduction

Vocabulary has always been one of the significant issues related both with teachers and learners of foreign language.

The study aimed to explore if imagery strategy was helpful for lower-intermediate students’ English vocabulary leaning in comparison to direct translation.

Background Purpose

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Introduction

Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning?

Research Question

Hypothesis

Using imagery strategy has no significant impact on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning.

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Literature Review

Vocabulary plays a significant role for communication, because the communication would be stopped if people hear or read words that people fail to understand.

(Scott, Jamieson-Noel, & Asselin, 2003)

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Literature Review

Without a sufficient vocabulary, one cannot convey his messages effectively or express his ideas in both oral and written form.

(Fauziati, 2005)

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Methodology

80people took NELT

40 people scored 70

20 people experiment group

20 people control group

Use the same book

entitled Facts and Figures by Ackert and Lee (2004)

200 words selected from this book

20 people elective course

memory strategy training

20 peopleelective course

traditional direct strategy

Methodology

Nelson English Language test

participants instruments

experiment group

control group

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Methodology

selected the participants from

NELT

two groups, experimental and

control group

One section a week, totally 16 weeks

experimental group:

create the mental image of word which

was going to be taught

Control group:

oral pronunciation of words, speech, and direct translation of

words

Procedure

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Results & Conclusion

Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning?

It implied that the two groups of the study did not significant in the pre-test in terms of vocabulary proficiency.

Results & Conclusion

Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning?

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It showed there was no significant difference between two groups, thus, the vocabulary proficiency in both groups did not differ significantly on the pre-test.

Results & Conclusion

Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning?

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It showed the experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of vocabulary learning after the treatment.

Results & Conclusion

Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning?

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That is to say considering vocabulary learning and instruction, the difference between the two groups of the study was statistically significant in the post-test.

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Reflection (Future study)

120 participants in this study

60 students in experiment

group

suffix word strategy

60 students in control group

traditional strategy

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Reflection (Future study)

Instrument

Vocabulary book

Data analysis

T-test

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