Jarinya, Srimanee
(2021)
Investigating Vocabulary Acquisition And Vocabulary Learning Strategies Through Short Narrative Texts Among Thai Efl Tertiary Students.
PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia..
Abstract
This study investigated vocabulary acquisition (VA) and vocabulary learning
strategies (VLS) use of Thai EFL graduates of a government university in southern
Thailand through English narrative readings that inserted fifteen target words into
each reading text. The main purpose of the reading treatment was reading
comprehension skills. The study also examined implications for EFL vocabulary
learning and teaching in Thai context. The sample of forty Thai EFL graduates was
selected from one group of first year students majoring in Accountancy from a
southern Thailand government university. Data were collected using a combination
of information-elicitation techniques: (1) test of vocabulary gains (2) vocabulary
learning strategy questionnaire and (3) semi-structured interview. The questionnaire
survey and the interview were used to elicit information about their vocabulary
learning strategy use and vocabulary learning experiences. The data analysis was
both quantitative and qualitative to seek for in-depth findings. Research findings
showed that firstly the participants’ English-Thai and Thai-English word knowledge
measured by the word meaning tests were more satisfactory in comparison to their
word comprehension in context tests. Secondly, the participants seem not good at
using various words or phrases to express meaning in other contexts apart from the
provided reading tasks.
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