Date of Award

1-1-2000

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Education

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

This study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of vocabulary activities in enhancing the speaking abilities of young learners. The subjects were fifteen standard four students with very low proficiency. The researcher used a qualitative approach for this study. A total of five vocabulary activities were carried out in this study. The topics of the vocabulary activities were food, clothes, descriptions, directions, and occupations. The vocabulary for each topic was introduced using different activities. In order to study if the new vocabulary was effective in encouraging students to speak, students then carried out speaking activities. The speaking activities were selected to correspond with the new vocabulary introduced earlier. A total of five speaking activities were selected according to the topics of the new vocabulary. All the activities required the students to use as much of the new vocabulary as possible. The reason for this was to study if the new vocabulary introduced had been effective in encouraging the students to speak. The data collected came mainly from audio recordings of the lessons and activities carried out, classroom observation of the students and teaching journals. The findings from this study indicated that the students were able to incorporate the new vocabulary into their speech quite effectively. After being exposed to the new vocabulary students were observed to be more willing to speak in English and they were able to convey their ideas clearer and with more detail.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, 2000.

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