Semantics and teaching vocabulary pamela cadena espe
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Semantics and Teaching VocabularyRELATIONSHIPS
Vocabulary reinforces learning to meet communicative needs of learners of a second language.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to determine which would be more effective for teachers to present vocabulary words in semantically unrelated sets or semantically related sets for EFL students?
What to use semantically related sets or semantically unrelated ones? Animals Random
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Participants
EFL ( 33 fifteen- years - old students) EFL ( 24 eighteen - years - old students) Intermediate Group
Session 1Week 1
Session 2Week 2
Session 3
Week 3
Session 4
Week 4
Session 5
Week 5
Pilot Test Presentation of
unrelated words
Post- test Unrelated
words
Presentation of related
words
Post- test related words
In conclusion, we can say that according to this study and under the circumstances of it. The sets of words that were semantically unrelated were more acquired by the students of both groups. However it is important to say that it would of be necessary a later test after few months to see how much of the vocabulary words were really remembered by both groups.
To take into consideration:
As teachers not to stick to learned practices, but adapt them and use different strategies depending on the levels and ages of groups.
Not to discourage ourselves in using semantically related sets of words but to combine both strategies.
SEMANTICSPamela Cadena Morán
ESPE 2016