Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
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Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students ____USING GAMES TO MOTIVATE STUDENTSin learning vocabularyAT TIEN GIANG HIGHSCHOOL FOR GIFTED STUDENTSbyHUỲNH HỮU HẠNH NGUYÊN, BAA thesis submitted in partial fulfillmentof the requirements for the degree ofMaster of Arts(TESOL)Supervisor: Le Thi Thanh Thu. Ed.D.Tiengiang - 2007.Chapter 1 -Introduct Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students ionCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION--------cqvo-------1.1. Rationale for the thesisVocabulary is one of the key factors in learning a foreign language. It is cUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
onsidered a foundation to develop other language skills. However, due to a lol of subjective and objective reasons, leaching and learning vocabulary iVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students em. Due to difficulties for both teachers and students (i.e. the pressure of examinations, traditionally designed textbooks, limitation of time), in teaching vocabulary’, most teachers tend to give a long list of isolated words and their meanings and students are required to learn all the new words Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students by heart or learning passively through the teacher's explanation. This method can save lime for both teachers and students. It might get learners a shUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
ort distance into the language quickly- however, it would not lake them far. The most serious problem is that such a way of teaching vocabulary might VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students s a key factor in successful learning. Language learning is hard work which can be frustrating. Without sufficient motivation, effort required at every’ moment of learning cannot be maintained over a long period of time. Creating, sustaining and developing students* motivation, particularly in circu Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students mstances where students are not inherently interested in learning is essential. And among sources of motivation, a language game is an effective toolPUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
age 1Chapter 1 -Introductionto help teachers to achieve that goal (Andrew, 1984).On the market, there are a lot of materials available about vocabularVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students aterials focus on introducing a variety of ready-made games in order to serve the purpose of teaching one specific language item without mentioning to the principles of using vocabulary games, their limitation and unanticipated problems. Moreover, most games in such materials arc designed without ba Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students sing on any current course books and without associating closely with a typical type and age of learners. Teachers, therefore, feel it difficult to apUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
ply them in reality. Meanwhile, most previous studies about games such as those in “Games for Language Learning” by Betteridgc (1984), “The Use of GamVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students dy about games in “Learning Vocabulary through Games” by Iluycn & Nga (2003) initially discovered the effectiveness of learning vocabulary through games. 1 lowcver. due to the lack of analyzing the syllabus and the psychology of learners’ age group, most of the findings are abstract and theoretic. A Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students spects that games can motivate highschool students in learning vocabulary’ have been unknown.Different from previous studies, this thesis mainly focusUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
es on using games to leach students vocabulary in highschools, especially in TGHGT. on the foundation of the current textbooks. The thesis aims at invVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students using games to motivate highschool students in learning vocabulary’.Page 2Chapter 1 -Introduction1.2. Research questionsOn the basis of the literature and research, the author wants to discover the aspects that make games a powerfill teaching tool in motivating students during the lime of learning Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students vocabulary. In the light of this primary purpose, the two research questions are “In what aspects can games motivate students in learning vocabulary aUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
t TGIIGT?” and “ Can games with its motivational promotion have an impact on learners’ academic achievements?"1.3 Delimitation of the studyFirst, the VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students published by Educational Publisher in 2005). which was the official textbook for highschool students before the academic year of 2006-2007. Then, only Grade I0 was surveyed because this is the grade the author of the thesis has many years of experience to work with. Al the same times, to many teach Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students ers in TGIIGT. language items especially vocabulary in Book 10 was mostly passive. The other kinds of textbooks and other levels were not considered.SUsing games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students
econd, since the thesis is for the scope of TGHGT where most students, far or less, have good study motivation and industriousness, rhe study did not VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____ Using games to motivate students in learning vocabulary at tien giang highschool for gifted students or this research were students majored in natural sciences.1.4. Significance of the studyVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HOCHIMINH CITYUNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESFaculty of English Linguistics and Literature_______■A' _____Gọi ngay
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