ERIC Number: EJ1077387
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-2222-1735
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Effective Strategies for Turning Receptive Vocabulary into Productive Vocabulary in EFL Context
Faraj, Avan Kamal Aziz
Journal of Education and Practice, v6 n27 p10-19 2015
Vocabulary acquisition has been a main concern of EFL English teachers and learners. There have been tons of research to examine the student's level of receptive vocabulary and productive vocabulary, but no research has conducted on how turning receptive vocabulary into productive vocabulary. This study has reported the impact of the teaching methodology; materials and learning context on students' productive use of vocabulary. In addition, exploring the appropriate methods and approaches that the teacher can deploy in class to assist the students to turn their receptive vocabulary into productive vocabulary. Results indicate that EFL learners through practicing Kramsch's procedure of vocabulary learning and some effective strategies of learning vocabulary enabled the students to turn their receptive vocabulary into productive one successfully.
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Language Teachers, Writing Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iraq
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