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ABSTRACT
The acquisition of vocabulary has long been left to be a crucial component of learning a foreign language. Therefore, techniques for teaching and learning vocabulary become the matter of concern in many studies. There are a lot of different techniques for teachers to help their students improve their vocabulary. However, the current teachers’ methods of teaching vocabulary do not satisfy with their students’ expectation. Students are not interested in learning English vocabulary.
The application of visual aids is considered one of the effective ways to teach English vocabulary to students. So, it is necessary to get teachers and students familiarized with this relaxing but useful and effective technique. This research intends to examine the use of visual aids to teach English vocabulary to the first year non- English major students at College of Sciences, Thai Nguyen University. More specifically, the researcher strived to investigate the current situation of teaching and learning vocabulary of first year non- English major students at College of Sciences, TNU, the specific use of visual aids and propose some recommendations for teaching vocabulary at this College.
The researcher has conducted a survey with the participation of seven teachers and 100 first year non- English major students at College of Sciences, Thai Nguyen University. The data on participants’ using visual aids in teaching and learning English vocabulary will be collected through questionnaires.
The result of this study indicated that all teachers and students were fully aware of the importance of teaching and learning vocabulary. However, the quality of teaching and learning vocabulary was not really good. Besides, teachers used different techniques to teach vocabulary and they also used visual aids as an effective aid when teaching vocabulary. Furthermore, each technique still has some limitations so this study also provides some suggestions for teachers to partly deal with them.



TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. i
ABSTRACT ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS. iii
LIST OF FIGURES IN THE STUDY v
LIST OF TABLES IN THE STUDY vi
PART A: INTRODUCTION 1
1.Statement of the problem and rationale for the study. 1
2.Objectives of the study. 4
3.Significance of the study. 4
4.Methods of the study. 5
5.Scope of the study. 5
6.Research questions. 5
7.Design of the study. 6
PART B: DEVELOPMENT 7
CHAPTER I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 7
1.1. An overview of vocabulary. 7
1.1.1 Definitions of vocabulary. 7
1.1.2 Roles of vocabulary. 8
1.1.3 Classifications of vocabulary. 10
1.1.4. Aspects to be taught when teaching vocabulary. 11
1.1.5 How to teach a new word. 15
1.2 An overview of visual aids. 17
1.2.1 Definitions of visual aids. 17
1.2.2 Kinds of visual aids. 18
1.2.3 Some considerations in planning visual aids. 27
1.2.4 Summary. 28
CHAPTER II: METHODOLOGY 29
2.1 Participants: 29
2.2 Data collection instruments. 29
2.3 Procedure of data collection. 31
2.3.1 Phase 1: 31
2.3.2 Phase 2: 31
2.4 Procedure of data analysis. 32
2.5 Summary. 32
CHAPTER III: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 33
3.1 Research question 1: Current situations of teaching and learning vocabulary for first year non- English major students at College Of Sciences, Thai Nguyen University. 33
3.1.1 Data collection and analysis of the findings from student survey. 33
3.1.2 Data collection and analysis of the findings from teacher survey. 40
3.2 Research question 2: The use of visual aids in teaching vocabulary and its benefits 44
3.2.1 Data collection and analysis of the findings from student survey. 44
3.2.2 Data collection and analysis of the findings from teacher survey. 52
3.3 Research question 3: Difficulties in using visual aids to teach English vocabulary 61
3.3.1 Data collection and analysis of the findings from student survey. 61
3.3.2 Data collection and analysis of the findings from teacher survey. 62
3.4 Summary. 63
PART C: CONCLUSION 64
1. Major findings of the research. 64
2. Suggestions for English teachers at College of Sciences when using visual aids to teach vocabulary 65
3. Limitations of the researcher. 66
4. Recommendations for further studies. 67
REFERENCES. 68
WEBSITES VISISTED 71
Appendix I 72
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS. 72
Appendix II 76
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE FIRST YEAR-NON ENGLISH 76
MAJOR STUDENTS. 76
Appendix III 79
PHIẾU ĐIỀU TRA 79