Licenciatura en Idioma Extranjero - Inglés · 2015
English vocabulary learning through interactive reading using short stories in ninth graders
This research project is focused on the description and analysis of the processes of learning vocabulary with the implementation of interactive model of reading by using short stories with topics of interest to students of ninth grade in a private school in Bogota. Ten students participated in the project for more than six months. Among the main sources used to obtain data, field notes, and test artifacts Student`s generated during the process. Data analysis revealed that activities based on interactive reading model allowed the acquisition of new vocabulary to help students understand the stories and engage with the text, the author and the context in which the story was written.
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Contenido
- Indexp. 4
- ABSTRACTp. 6
- CHAPTER 1p. 7
- INTRODUCTIONp. 7
- Statement of the problemp. 10
- Justificationp. 13
- Objectivesp. 15
- General objective:p. 15
- Specific objectives:p. 15
- Research question:p. 15
- Sub-questions:p. 16
- CHAPTER 2p. 17
- LITERATURE REVIEWp. 17
- Readingp. 8
- Interactive Readingp. 22
- Teaching reading in a second languagep. 25
- Vocabulary learning processp. 28
- CHAPTER 3p. 32
- METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH DESIGNp. 32
- Type of Studyp. 33
- Settingp. 38
- Participants and samplingp. 40
- Data collection instrumentsp. 41
- Students’ artifactsp. 42
- Student`s testsp. 43
- Role of the researcherp. 44
- CHAPTER 4p. 45
- Instructional Designp. 45
- CHAPTER 5p. 52
- Data analysis and Findingsp. 52
- Categories of analysisp. 54
- Research question:p. 15
- Sub-questions:p. 16
- Category 1: “Students increase motivation when reading short stories”p. 55
- Subcategory 1: Reading for pleasurep. 59
- Subcategory 2: Development of creativityp. 60
- Category 2 “Students improve vocabulary and reading”p. 62
- Subcategory 1: Students get better grades in written testsp. 63
- CHAPTER 6p. 66
- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSp. 66
- Conclusionsp. 66
- Implicationsp. 67
- Limitationsp. 69
- Further researchp. 69
- REFERENCESp. 71
- Annexesp. 75
- Annex 1 (First test applied)p. 75
- Annexes 2 (Second test applied)p. 90
- Annexes 3 (Artifacts)p. 102
- Activities in classp. 102
- Dictionariesp. 50
- Annexes 4 (Field notes)p. 113