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Enhancing Students’ Technical or Specialized
Vocabulary through “Memrise”
Presented By:
Dian Fadhilawati,M.Pd.(ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF
BALITAR)
CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING22-23 FEBRUARY 2014 PHNOM PHEN CAMBODIA
10th
Annual
. .
VOCABULARY TEARSVOCABULARY TEARS
Mule, breeding, breeder, cultivarLabrador, hybrid, Taxon
Harvest, crop, plant,
Farmer, go, farm,
Low frequencyLow frequency
TechnicalTechnical
GeneralGeneral
Vocabulary (Nation:2001)
Vocabulary (Nation:2001)
AcademicAcademic
11
22
33
44
General Vocabulary
General Vocabulary
the 2000 most frequent words of English
• provide 80% coverage of most texts
arrive, discuss, follower, impossible,
leader, message, repeat, story
attribute, category, environment, function,
internal, monitor, perspective, widespread
a list of 570 frequently occurring words in academic texts
provides approximately 8-12% coverage of academic texts
Academic Vocabulary
1
2
words that occur with very high or moderate frequency level within a limited range of texts
provides 5% coverage of most texts
words that occur with very high or moderate frequency level within a limited range of texts
provides 5% coverage of most textsaudit, capital, distribution, metrics, principal agent, shareholder, supply
Technical Vocabulary
Low Frequency Vocabularywords at the 2,000 - 20,000 frequency level
and beyondprovides 5% coverage of most texts
abject, credentials, genealogy,geomorphic, incarcerate, palpitate,
rupture
4
3
Bolded Bolded
Technical /specialized Vocabulary
Technical /specialized Vocabulary
Specific Field
.
.
How to Teach Vocabulary
How to Teach Vocabulary
Adapted from Building Academic Vocabulary by Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering, 2005
Step 4: Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks.
Step 5: Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another.Step 6: Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with terms.
Step 1: Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term.
Step 2: Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example in their own words.
Step 3: Ask students to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic representing the term or phrase
PRE ACTIONPRE ACTION
STUDENTS
Mean Score OF Vocabulary test: 62.28 les than the criterion of succes 75.00
Unmotivated
Passive
.
2010
sciencescience
SCIENCE
FUNFUN
COMMUNITY
MEMRISEMEMRISE
community
Level 1Agriculture/Farmer/farm/Breeding/irrigation/Climate/
Air/soil/Mineral/Pesticide/Fertile/Fertilizer/Rice
Vocabulary of Agriculture and Farming
Vocabulary of Agriculture and Farming
Plant Breading/Animal Breading/Selective Breading/Inbreeding/Breeder/Crossbreed/Hybrid/Mule/Maize/Extinction/Taxon/Species/Outcross/ Labradoodle/Cultivar
Polyculture/Monoculture/Multiple Cropping/Intercropping/Aquaponics/Suistanable Agriculture/Crop Rotation/Organic Agriculture/Permaculture/
Green Manure/Compost/Raw Material/Pastoral Farming
.
Level 2
Level 3
WHO,WHEN,WHERE,HOWWHO,WHEN,WHERE,HOW
31 students of Agriculture and Farming in
the second semester (2012/2013)
METHODClassroom
Action Research
e
Learn effectively Enjoy your mindPlay with others
Reminder timed Adaptive Testing
Lots more science
Earn points Compete with
friend
Designed for funTaps inner genius
Why We Use Memrise
Motivated to learn
Technical Vocabulary
Learning Motivation
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
29(93%)
2(7%)
0 0 0
29(94%)
2(6%)
0 0 0
0 0 1(3%)
2(7%)
28
(90%)
0 0 0 2(7%)
29
(93%)
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSNItems Number
make me Motivated to learn
More interesting
Difficult to learn
Boring and wasting
time
Easy to learn
words and promote
self confidence
Learning Result
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
27 4 0 0 0
28 3 0 0 0
28 2 1 0 0
29 2 0 0 0
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSNQuestions
Adding Vocabulary
Learning vocabulary
easily
Meaningful vocabulary
learning
Having self confidence
Accomplish the vocabulary
task
Task Accomplishment
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
27(87%)
4(13%)
0 0 0
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSNItems Number
Iam motivated to do my
vocabulary tasks after
learning vocabulary
with Memrise
Promote social
relationship
SociallRelationship
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
28(90%)
3(10%)
0 0 0
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSN
Items Number
(9)
Learning vocabulary
through “memrise” increases friendship with my friends
84.40
WORD LIST
60.28
STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES
MEAN SCOREMEAN SCORE
MEMRISE
BeforeBefore AfterAfter
THE STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT
THE STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT
Reflecting
Implementing
Observing
M= 75…?
CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH PROCEDUREPROCEDURE
CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH PROCEDUREPROCEDURE
Planning
ReferencesReferences
Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G. & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction. New
York: The Guilford Press.Chall, J.S. (1996). American reading achievement:
Should we worry? Research in the Teaching of English, 30, 303-310.
Graves, M.F., editor. Essential Readings on Vocabulary Instruction. International Reading Association 2009.
Marzano, R.J., & Pickering, D.L. (2005) Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher's Manual. Alexandria,
VA: ASCD. "Common Core State Standards Initiative." National
Governor's Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010. Web. 12 Jun
2012.
1. Enhance the students’ Technical Vocabulary achievement
2.Alternative tool in teaching learning
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION