(SKKN 2022) using wordwall net based activities in teaching vocabulary for students of grade 10 at sam son high school

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING SAM SON HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES USING WORDWALL.NET- BASED ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS OF GRADE 10 AT SAM SON HI

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING

SAM SON HIGH SCHOOL

EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES

USING WORDWALL.NET- BASED ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING VOCABULARY FOR STUDENTS OF GRADE

10 AT SAM SON HIGH SCHOOL

Author: Nguyễn Thị Nga Position: Teacher

The field of the experience initiative: English

THANH HOA, YEAR 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I INTRODUCTION 3

1.1 Rationale 3

1.2 The objectives of the study 4

1.3 The participants of the study 4

1.4 The methods of the study 4

II CONTENT 5

2.1 Theoretical background 5

a Definition of vocabulary 5

b Types of vocabulary 5

c Vocabulary mastery 6

2.2 The problems before applying the method 7

2.3 Solutions 8

2.4 The effectiveness of the study 16

III CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 18

3.1 Conclusion 18

3.2 Suggestions 18

I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Rationale

There is no doubt that vocabulary is generally and widely considered to beone of the most essential elements of a language It plays an essential role indetermining whether or not students will be successful in learning a language andgetting their message across Moreover, it is believed that vocabulary knowledge isvitally important for the four skills, such as listening, reading, speaking, andwriting Our lack of vocabulary knowledge is more likely to result in great trouble

in expressing ourselves both in speaking and writing Because of the significance ofvocabulary knowledge in effective communication, vocabulary learning, andinstruction are attracting considerable attention from researchers and practitioners,particularly students and teachers

Since the advent of technology from the beginning of the 21st century,technology and language learning have become terms frequently encountering next

to each other, therefore resulting in web-based tools being used in English languageclassrooms Many popular web tools, such as Quizlet and Kahoot, are used asexperimental tools with learners to investigate to what extent they are effective inenhancing learners’ vocabulary knowledge There are a lot of research that hasbeen carried out in the area of vocabulary learning strategies in order to determinethe effective and most frequently used vocabulary learning strategies However,there is a lack of research on specific web tools, like Wordwall.net Hence, thepresent study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a single educational gamewebsite; Wordwall.net on the vocabulary knowledge of high school students.Wordwall.net is an edutainment website in which there are multiple game choices,all played interactively or individually, such as information matching, picturematching, quiz, wheel of fortune, puzzles, etc designed for vocabulary practice Onthis website, teachers either create their own games out of ready-made templatesand add up content (words and images) in the games or they make use of gamescreated by other teachers Wordwall is particularly beneficial for mixed-levelclasses because it can also create a dynamic way to have class competitions Forany level of learner, Wordwall has potential to be used for self-study, as teachersdecide which content to use in the activities teachers can set tasks for groups orindividual learners by giving them an access code They could even get theirlearners to use Wordwall to create activities for their classmates

Moreover, due to the outbreak of Covid -19, most of schools in Vietnammust organize online teaching Therefore, it is crucial to enhance students’ learningmotivation through some special tools and platforms Basing on the above reasons,

I have decided to conduct a study on “Using Wordwall.net-based activities in

teaching vocabulary for students of grade 10 at Sam Son High School”

1.2 The objectives of the study

The study suggests many new games for teachers to apply in teachingvocabulary for high school students through wordwall.net platform Hence,vocabulary memorization becomes more effective for English learners

The study is expected to research the effectiveness of using interaction with aword wall as the tool to combine the five identified effective teaching strategiesplus social interaction to teach vocabulary words to middle school students.Theoretically, this study can be used to enrich the example of techniques inteaching English vocabulary, especially for young learners Hopefully, this studywill be helpful and have a contribution for further researches in the field ofvocabulary teaching Practically, this study will give general description about thecondition of English vocabulary teaching at high school level In addition, it will beuseful for the teachers who are interested in teaching English for young learners.The result of this study can be used as a consideration to improve the teachinglanguage to young learners, especially for teaching vocabulary online

1.3 The participants of the study

This study focuses on the activities of teaching vocabulary based onwordwall platform (dealing with the techniques of presentation, techniques ofpractice, techniques of training) In this study, I will just focus on the effectiveness

on the 10th graders Hence, the data then will be analyzed through the tests of 10thgraders from two classes (10 A4 and 10 A10) in the school year 2021- 2022

1.4 The methods of the study

The study is well organized with 3 main parts: the rationale of the study, thecontent or the solution of the problems, and the conclusion The researchers usedthe comparative methods to analyse the effectiveness of the study

also defined as a collection all of words in a particular language and has a form in

an expression that is associated with meaning [Gazlianty 2011] [ 1]

According to Wikipidea, a vocabulary is a set of familiar words within aperson's language A vocabulary, usually developed with age, serves as a usefuland fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge Acquiring anextensive vocabulary is one of the largest challenges in learning a second language.Further, vocabulary is the basic of language and there is no language withoutvocabulary Before mastering the four language skills; listening, speaking, readingand writing, students have to learn the English components such as vocabulary,structure, and pronunciation [ 2]

Words can also be defined in various ways, and estimates of vocabulary sizediffer depending on the definition used The most common definition is that of a

lemma (the inflected or dictionary form; this includes walk, but not walks, walked

or walking) Most of the time lemmas do not include proper nouns (names of

people, places, companies, etc.) Another definition often used in research ofvocabulary size is that of word family These are all the words that can be derived

from a ground word (e.g., the words effortless, effortlessly, effortful, effortfully are all part of the word family effort) Estimates of vocabulary size range from as high

as 200 thousand to as low as 10 thousand, depending on the definition used.(Graves, M.F 2000) [3 ]

b Types of vocabulary

There are a variety of ways to catergorize vocabulary However, according toWikipidea [4], vocabulary can be divided into their usage in language skils asfollow:

Reading vocabulary

A person's reading vocabulary is all the words identified when reading Thisclass of vocabulary is generally the amplest, as new words are more commonlyencountered when reading than when listening

Listening vocabulary

A person's listening vocabulary includes the words recognized whenlistening to speech Cues such as the speaker's tone and gestures, the topic ofdiscussion, and the conversation's social context may convey the meaning of anunknown word

Speaking vocabulary

A person's speaking vocabulary includes the words used in speech and isgenerally a subset of the listening vocabulary Due to the spontaneous nature of

speech, words are often misused slightly and unintentionally, but facial expressionsand tone of voice can compensate for this misuse

Writing vocabulary

The written word appears in registers as different as formal essays and socialmedia feeds While many written words rarely appear in speech, a person's writtenvocabulary is generally limited by preference and context: a writer may prefer onesynonym over another, and they will be unlikely to use technical vocabularyrelating to a subject in which they have no interest or knowledge

Final vocabulary

The American philosopher Richard Rorty characterized a person's "finalvocabulary" as follows: All human beings carry about a set of words which theyemploy to justify their actions, their beliefs, and their lives These are the words inwhich we formulate praise of our friends and contempt for our enemies, our long-term projects, our deepest self-doubts and our highest hopes… I shall call thesewords a person's “final vocabulary” Those words are as far as he can go withlanguage; beyond them is only helpless passivity or a resort to force

c Vocabulary mastery

It is strongly believed that mastering many vocabularies is very important forforeign language learners Without mastering it, of course, foreign languagelearners will have some difficulties in developing the four language skills Theprimary thing in learning a language is the achievement of a vocabulary Therefore,success in learning English demands vocabulary acquisition A large vocabularycan not guarantee the learner’s competence in learning English but in adequacy ofvocabulary will obstruct their chances to make success in learning English Rivers

in Nunan 1998: p 117 [5], argues that the acquisition of an adequate vocabulary iscrucial for successful second language use because without an extensivevocabulary, one will be incapable of using the structures and functions one mayhave learned for comprehensible communication The importance of masteringvocabulary in learning is also stated by Nunan He says that the development of arich vocabulary is an important element in the acquisition of a second language.From the definition above, it can be concluded that vocabulary is the total numbers

of words, a list or set of words in a particular language that a person knows or uses.From these definitions, it concludes that mastery means the competency tounderstand and apply something learnt Vocabulary mastery is always being anessential part of English Lewis and Hill [6] say that vocabulary mastery isimportant for the students It is more than grammar for communication purpose,particularly in the early stage when students are motivated to learn the basic words.Without having proportional English vocabulary, students will get some difficulties

in using English Vocabulary mastery can be measured by the requirements ofgeneralization being able to define words and application selecting an appropriateuse of it Therefore, it can be said that vocabulary mastery is a complete skill tounderstand the stock of words and their meanings of a particular language

2.2 The problems before applying the method

Many studies showed that the students still faced the problems or difficulties

in vocabulary learning Kinds of difficulties faced by students in vocabularylearning were various They include:

- Almost all of the students have difficulties in pronouncing the words

- How to write and spell

- The different grammatical form of a word known as inflections was one of causes

of student’s difficulties in learning vocabulary

- In addition, the students found difficulties in choosing the appropriate meaning ofthe words and also still confuse in using the word based on the context

- The last, the students were also still confused when they found words orexpression that were idiomatic There were some factors that caused students'difficulties in learning vocabulary First, the written form is different from thespoken form in English Secondly, the number of words that students need to learn

is exceedingly large, the limitations of sources of information about words, and thecomplexity of word knowledge Knowing a word involves much more thanknowing its dictionary definition Last but not least, the incorrect pronunciation isoften caused by the lack of sound similarity between English and the students'native language

Based on the result of the answer of questionnaire given by the researcher to

89 students of class 10 A10 and 10 A4 at Sam Son high school, it was found thatEnglish vocabulary is not easy to learn There are some difficulties that was found

by the students in learning English vocabulary, those are they have difficulties inunderstanding vocabulary, they difficult to memorize English vocabulary, theydifficult to pronounce English vocabulary and they said spelling make Englishvocabulary difficult for them

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1 Do you like learning English 62% 38%

2 In your opinion, is it easy to learn

English vocabulary?

3 Is it difficult to remember English

5 Do the pronunciation and the

spelling make English vocabulary

difficult for you?

Step 1:

Teachers fill in all the required information and then click Sign up to create anaccount With Free basic account then you will only be allowed to use 18 gamecreation content for students and 5 new content creation which you can create yourown from an existing source

Step 2:

Then the teachers will be transferred to the interface of all the games that teachers

are provided with Click the game that the teacher wants to use For example, here

will choose Match up game – match column A to column B correctly

Step 3:

Scroll down below you will see yes 2 columns are Keyword and Definition to

enter The Keyword column will be used to enter results and Definition to enterquestions or quizzes Teachers must enter the correct answer for the question Thesystem automatically shuffles the questions afterwards

See she can click the index icon to insert the upper and lower index when thecontent requires or press the Symbol icon to add symbols

For more questions then Click Add an item, there will be a maximum of 30

questions to enter

End click the Done button to save the game.

To take unit 5: Technology and You for example, teacher created an

activity before starting the lesson The game is called “Random card” Students will

be called to shuffle the card and deal the card with the random questions abouttechnology, for example:

- What is your favourite piece of technology?

- Are there any new gadgets of technology you really want to have?

- What are some benefits of the Internet in our life?

After the game, students will be led to the lesson: Technology and you After that,the teacher asked students to review some words related to the topic by thefollowing game Students learned some words such as: camera, speaker, CD room,

…

https://wordwall.net/vi/resource/5763457/top-notch-1-unit-5-preview-technology-you

- In unit 7: The mass media, teacher created an activity called “wordsearch” All

students were warmed up by some types of mass media They are tiktok, google,facebook, youtube… After the lesson, they were involved in some other activities

to revise the vocabulary and content of the dialogue

https://wordwall.net/resource/26872612/the-mass-media

In Unit 9: The undersea world, to learn more extensive words related to undersea

world, students were asked to do the following activity in order that they can learnmore vocabulary Some words such as: whalling, conservation, migrate, measure,blue whale…