Language games as means to motivate students in vocabulary learning at a vocational college in Hung Yen province: An action research project = Trò chơi ngôn ngữ như một phương tiện để thúc đấy sinh viên học từ vựng tại trường Cao đẳng Nghề ở Tỉnh Hưng Yên: Một nghiên cứu hành động

• Main Author: Nguyen, Thị Hai Yen
• Other Authors: Do, Dai Quang
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh > Dạy và học; Tiếng Anh > Từ vựng; 428.2
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/100222
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Vocabulary is one of the linguistic features which influence communicative competence. However, when teaching and learning vocabulary, most teachers and students are confronted with a wide range of obstacles. This study aims at investigating the problems encountered by students in vocabulary learning and the effective methods to help them improve their vocabulary in the learning process at a Vocational College in Hung Yen. Questionnaires, tests, and interviews were employed as the data collection instruments. The collected information revealed that the use of language games can help to improve the students’ motivation and positive attitudes. On the other hand, motivation by language games in students comes from the feeling of pleasure, relaxation, tension-releasing, anxiety-reducing, and curiosity. Students’ perspectives towards language games in vocabulary lessons are positively proved by raising the level of activeness, concentration when taking part in language games. They can also get higher scores after taking part in a vocabulary lesson easily. Based on the major findings, a couple of suggestions and recommendations are proposed to improve the quality of learning vocabulary at the vocational college.