This study aims to explore the application of mind mapping in English vocabulary teaching. The researchers conducted on-site teaching by using at a higher vocational college China and made survey its effectiveness. Through practice, authors found that teach can enhance students' memory application, making learning more interesting effective, improving self-learning abilities. In additio...

Most of the studies on the key word method of second/foreign language vocabulary learning have been based on the evidence from laboratory experiments and have primarily involved the use of English key words to learn the vocabularies of other languages. Furthermore, comparatively quite limited number of such studies is done in authentic classroom contexts. The present study inquired into the eff...

Based on empirical research and qualitative analysis, this paper aims to explore the effects of L1 use on L2 vocabulary teaching. The results show that, during L2 vocabulary teaching process, the proper application of L1 can effectively facilitate the memorization of new words, and the bilingual method (both English explanation and Chinese translation) is welcomed by most subjects. Therefore, t...

This research that belongs to quantitative aims at finding the effectiveness of make a match technique improve students’ vocabulary based on gender. The instrument given students was in context descriptive text. subject this consisted 25 students. only used experimental class for research. result research, there were significant improvement between pre-test and post-test score. obtained from sa...

Designing appropriate materials and activities to enhance vocabulary learning is one of the primary goals of language courses. Among the claims about efficient pedagogical tasks is the Involvement Load Hypothesis (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001) according to which vocabulary development is contingent on the amount of cognitive process a task involves. Building on the previous research on this hypothes...

The goal of this study was to test a foreign language teaching method inspired by Newport (1990)’s Less is More hypothesis. Computerized French language lessons were presented to 112 adults over two one-hour sessions. Learning trials were presented either in full sentences to resemble the adult learning environment, or in small phrases that incrementally increased in length to full sentences, r...