Randwick International of Education and Linguistics
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2023): RIELS Journal, June

Some Strategies to Teach General English Vocabulary to Intermediate Students. A Case Study at Binh Thuan College

Nguyen Thi Dung (Lecturer at Binh Thuan College, Vietnam)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Jun 2023

Abstract

This study aims to consider the distribution of multiple intelligences among students in order to apply some strategies to teach general English vocabulary to intermediate students of Binh Thuan College (BTC), Vietnam in academic year 2022-2023. The research participants were 35 students of BTC. Based on the data collected, there were 3 strong intelligences including Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, and Visual-Spatial Intelligence. Consequently, to teach vocabulary topics in 8 units of student’s books like jobs, sports, free-time activities, places in a city, common adjectives, things in a house, food and drink, appearance, clothes and colors, vacation activities, vacation items, daily activities, personality adjectives, hobbies and interests, the researcher used realia as well as mime, action, and gesture with support of the games and songs as strategies to teach vocabulary through classroom activities concerned about music, physical movement, and visuals.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

rielsj

Publisher

Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

RIELS Journal publishes research papers in the fields such as: - Education (all levels, stages and processes of education (e.g. formal, informal, non-formal, early childhood, lifelong, schooling, adult education, vocational education and training, higher education), research in language teaching, ...