The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of explicit teaching of morphemic analysis on vocabulary development among ESL low proficiency secondary school students. As the research states that morphology knowledge is vital for decoding complex words, an increase in vocabulary learning was pr...

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Main Authors: Varatharajoo, C., Asmawi, A., Rengasamy, S., Sukumaran, S.D., Sia Seng Lee, W.A., Raju, S., Ahmad, Z.
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Published: 2014
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spelling my.um.eprints.131632015-03-31T01:05:38Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/13163/ The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development Varatharajoo, C. Asmawi, A. Rengasamy, S. Sukumaran, S.D. Sia Seng Lee, W.A. Raju, S. Ahmad, Z. LB Theory and practice of education The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of explicit teaching of morphemic analysis on vocabulary development among ESL low proficiency secondary school students. As the research states that morphology knowledge is vital for decoding complex words, an increase in vocabulary learning was predicted. Learners’ morphology knowledge in this study was assessed based on analytic word formation after the morphemic analysis intervention. The Morpheme Identification Test adapted from Carlisle (2000) was employed to measure the students’ ability to decode morphemic units in English complex words. The paired sample test was employed to report the results of the study.The result showed a higher score on the post test and students have better morphemic decoding skills after the morphemic analysis intervention.Thus, the study points to the benefits of morphemic analysis instruction on students’ vocabulary development. 2014-03 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/13163/1/THE_EFFECT_OF_MORPHEMIC_ANALYSIS_INSTRUCTION.pdf Varatharajoo, C. and Asmawi, A. and Rengasamy, S. and Sukumaran, S.D. and Sia Seng Lee, W.A. and Raju, S. and Ahmad, Z. (2014) The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development. In: Persidangan Kebangsaan Kurikulum Dan Teknologi Pengajaran, 21 Mac 2014, University of Malaya.
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Varatharajoo, C.
Asmawi, A.
Rengasamy, S.
Sukumaran, S.D.
Sia Seng Lee, W.A.
Raju, S.
Ahmad, Z.
The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development
description The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of explicit teaching of morphemic analysis on vocabulary development among ESL low proficiency secondary school students. As the research states that morphology knowledge is vital for decoding complex words, an increase in vocabulary learning was predicted. Learners’ morphology knowledge in this study was assessed based on analytic word formation after the morphemic analysis intervention. The Morpheme Identification Test adapted from Carlisle (2000) was employed to measure the students’ ability to decode morphemic units in English complex words. The paired sample test was employed to report the results of the study.The result showed a higher score on the post test and students have better morphemic decoding skills after the morphemic analysis intervention.Thus, the study points to the benefits of morphemic analysis instruction on students’ vocabulary development.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Varatharajoo, C.
Asmawi, A.
Rengasamy, S.
Sukumaran, S.D.
Sia Seng Lee, W.A.
Raju, S.
Ahmad, Z.
author_facet Varatharajoo, C.
Asmawi, A.
Rengasamy, S.
Sukumaran, S.D.
Sia Seng Lee, W.A.
Raju, S.
Ahmad, Z.
author_sort Varatharajoo, C.
title The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development
title_short The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development
title_full The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development
title_fullStr The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development
title_full_unstemmed The effect of morphemic analysis instruction on ESL secondary school students’ vocabulary development
title_sort effect of morphemic analysis instruction on esl secondary school students’ vocabulary development
publishDate 2014
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