VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES
 PHẠM THỊ KIM THANH
ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE
ADULT LEARNERS’ RETENTION OF VOCABULARY
AT YEN BAI CENTRE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
(Các hoạt động nhằm nâng cao khả năng lưu nhớ từ vựng cho học viên
lớn tuổi tại Trung tâm Giáo dục thường xuyên tỉnh Yên Bái)
M.A. Minor Programme Thesis Field: English Teaching Methodology
Code: 60 14 10

HA NOI – 2010 iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Declaration i
Acknowledgements ii
Abstracts iii
Table of contents iv
List of abbreviations viii
List of tables ix
PART I. INTRODUCTION 1
1. Rationale 1
2. Aims of the Study 2
3. Research Hypotheses and Questions 2
4. Scope of the Study 2
5. Methods of the Study 2
6. Design of the study 3
PART II. DEVELOPMENT 4
CHAPTER 1. LITERATURE REVIEW 4
1.1. Vocabulary in Foreign Language Acquisition 4
1.1.1. Definition of vocabulary 4
1.1.2. Vocabulary: What needs to be taught? 5
1.1.2.1. Form: Pronunciation and Spelling 5

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1.1.2.2. Aspects of meaning 5
1.1.2.3. Grammar 7
1.1.2.4. Word formation 7
1.1.2.5. Collocation 8
1.1.3. The roles of vocabulary in Foreign Language Acquisition 8

2. Limitations of the study 36
3. Suggestions for further study 36
REFERENCES 38
APPENDIX A. PRETEST I
APPENDIX B. POSTTEST 1 II
APPENDIX C. POSTTEST 2 III
APPENDIX D. KEYS FOR THE TESTS IV

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APPENDIX E. ASKING AND ANSWERING ABOUT TIME V
APPENDIX F. A DAY IN MY LIFE VI
APPENDIX G. INTERVIEWING VII
APPENDIX H. DESCRIBING THINGS IN A HOUSE VIII
APPENDIX I. READING-BASED VOCABULARY ACTIVITY IX
APPENDIX J. FINDING THE LOCATION OF THINGS IN THE HOUSE X