THE EFFECTS OF METACOGNITIVE VOCABULARY STRATEGY TRAINING ON VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION OF NAKHONRATCHASIMA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
THE EFFECTS OF METACOGNITIVE VOCABULARY STRATEGY TRAINING ON VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION OF NAKHONRATCHASIMA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14456/nrru-rdi.2018.33Keywords:
Metacognitive vocabulary strategy training, Metacognitive strategies, Vocabulary learning strategiesAbstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of metacognitive vocabulary learning strategies on the development of vocabulary achievement and the retention of EFL students. Students were assigned as an experimental group, who received instruction on vocabulary learning strategies throughout a 11-week period of instruction. The results of the study revealed that metacognitive vocabulary strategy training has a significant positive effect on the vocabulary learning of students.
The results from the one-way ANOVA indicated that the students had increased their vocabulary achievement and retention. They obtained higher vocabulary scores for both of word parts and word analyses, at a significance level of 0.05. The training of metacognitive vocabulary learning strategies helps students to effectively learn vocabulary.
Recommendations for the further studies, the research findings suggested the metacognitive vocabulary strategy training might have a positive effect on students’ vocabulary learning, which can lead to the improvement of vocabulary achievement and retention. Therefore, students should be trained to automatically use the metacognitive strategies to enlarge their language abilities and they should be encouraged to use more powerful levels of metacognitive strategies within the academic context
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