LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:8 August 2020
ISSN 1930-2940

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Effect of Keyword Mnemotechnics on
Second Language Vocabulary Learning

Rasakumaran, A., Ph.D.

Abstract

This article reports the results of a study carried out to establish the effectiveness of mnemonics used in facilitating learning of second language vocabulary. This experimental study was conducted among 24 low proficiency freshmen of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka with the objective of finding the extent of effectiveness the keyword method has on facilitating second language acquisition. The results revealed a positive relationship between the keyword method and learning of vocabulary.

Keywords: memory, languages, mnemonics, keyword technique, second language learning.

Introduction

The need to guarantee mastery of more than one language is, without a doubt, one of the most pressing concerns of the current world and as such Sri Lanka is not an exception to this phenomenon. Thus, teaching and learning of English as a second language has become one of the most widespread social phenomena and is currently a guarantee of social, work and personal development in students especially in Sri Lanka.

In this area of language proficiency, our ability to evoke from memory the resources necessary to be able to use a language becomes the main tool for reaching the natural understanding and expression of messages. However, despite the great variety of elements that make up a language, mastering a broad vocabulary is one of the most important elements when acquiring a second language, since it not only allows for spontaneous conversations but also favours move on to the bilingual world (Piribabai & Rahmany, 2014).

For this reason, the main objective of this article is to evaluate to what extent the memory techniques used in the learning of a second language lexicon among low proficiency freshmen of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in order to achieve improvement in the proper planning and programming of teaching vocabulary.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Rasakumaran, A., Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
rasakumaran1957@gmail.com
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