Teaching vocabulary explictly to first - year
students at Yen Bai medical college
Dạy từ vựng cho sinh viên năm thứ nhất bằng
cách cho nghĩa trực tiếp tại trường Cao đẳng Y
tế Yên Bái

Bùi Thị Kim Cúc

University of Languages and International Studies
M.A. Thesis. English Teaching Methodology; Mã số : 60 14 10
Supervisor : M.A. Vũ Mai Trang
Năm bảo vệ: 2012

Abstract. This present study aims at finding out the perceptions of explicit vocabulary
teaching held by a group of three teachers of English working at Yen Bai Medical
College and examining how they teach vocabulary explicitly. The research methods
used in this study included interviews, classroom observations and lessons analyses.
The findings of the research showed that all the respondents have clear perceptions of
the explicit vocabulary teaching and realized its suitability for first-year students of low
English proficiency at YBMC. In classroom practice, they selected some useful and
high-frequency words to teach, however, they focused on the meaning, form of words
but not word use in context. Their explicit vocabulary techniques seemed quite limited
and were not interesting enough to motivate students in vocabulary lessons. However,
these techniques were rather relevant to the conditions of their teaching context. The
study also suggests some pedagogical implications to help teachers understand more
about explicit vocabulary teaching and implement explicit vocabulary techniques more
effectively and successfully.
Keywords. Tiếng Anh; Từ vựng; Phương pháp giảng dạy
Content.
There are three main parts in my thesis as follows:
Part A is the Introduction presenting the rationale, aims, objectives, research

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