Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary

The paper aims at investigating students’ learning attitudes after they are exposed to three vocabulary learning methods, namely Contextual Clues, Dictionary Strategy and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The study involves 123 undergraduates, who were surveyed to identify the factors tha...

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Main Authors:	Zuraina, Ali, Jayakaran, Mukundan, Roselan, Baki, Ahmad Fauzi, Mohd Ayub
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	ump-67672018-02-12T03:54:56Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6767/ Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary Zuraina, Ali Jayakaran, Mukundan Roselan, Baki Ahmad Fauzi, Mohd Ayub LB2300 Higher Education The paper aims at investigating students’ learning attitudes after they are exposed to three vocabulary learning methods, namely Contextual Clues, Dictionary Strategy and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The study involves 123 undergraduates, who were surveyed to identify the factors that affect their attitudes in learning vocabulary using these methods. Findings from the study using ANOVA revealed that students who were exposed to CALL showed more positive attitudes in learning vocabulary compared to other methods. This is due to the tools matching their aptitude for learning. In fact, the tools are regarded as ‘part and parcel’ of the students’ lives. The results of the study also showed that the usefulnessand limitation of the respective methods depend on students’ approaches in using them to learn vocabulary. The implications for language teaching and learning of vocabulary demand practitioners to incorporate the use of computers in their lessons. Nonetheless, they may also integrate the use of Contextual Clues, Dictionary Strategy and CALL in their teaching to accelerate the expansion of students' vocabulary. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6767/1/Second_Language_Learner%27s_Attitudes_towards_the_Methods_of_Learning_Vocabulary.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6767/3/pbmsk-2012-zuraina-Second%20Language%20Learners.pdf Zuraina, Ali and Jayakaran, Mukundan and Roselan, Baki and Ahmad Fauzi, Mohd Ayub (2012) Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary. English Language Teaching, 5 (4). pp. 24-36. ISSN 1916-4742 (Print); 1916-4750 (Online) http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n4p24 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v5n4p24
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spellingShingle	LB2300 Higher Education Zuraina, Ali Jayakaran, Mukundan Roselan, Baki Ahmad Fauzi, Mohd Ayub Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary
description	The paper aims at investigating students’ learning attitudes after they are exposed to three vocabulary learning methods, namely Contextual Clues, Dictionary Strategy and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The study involves 123 undergraduates, who were surveyed to identify the factors that affect their attitudes in learning vocabulary using these methods. Findings from the study using ANOVA revealed that students who were exposed to CALL showed more positive attitudes in learning vocabulary compared to other methods. This is due to the tools matching their aptitude for learning. In fact, the tools are regarded as ‘part and parcel’ of the students’ lives. The results of the study also showed that the usefulnessand limitation of the respective methods depend on students’ approaches in using them to learn vocabulary. The implications for language teaching and learning of vocabulary demand practitioners to incorporate the use of computers in their lessons. Nonetheless, they may also integrate the use of Contextual Clues, Dictionary Strategy and CALL in their teaching to accelerate the expansion of students' vocabulary.
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author	Zuraina, Ali Jayakaran, Mukundan Roselan, Baki Ahmad Fauzi, Mohd Ayub
author_facet	Zuraina, Ali Jayakaran, Mukundan Roselan, Baki Ahmad Fauzi, Mohd Ayub
author_sort	Zuraina, Ali
title	Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary
title_short	Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary
title_full	Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary
title_fullStr	Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary
title_full_unstemmed	Second Language Learners' Attitudes towards the Methods of Learning Vocabulary
title_sort	second language learners' attitudes towards the methods of learning vocabulary
publisher	Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate	2012
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