The Effectiveness Of Teaching Vocabulary Through Real Objects

Abstract

This thesis attempts to find out the effectiveness of teachingvocabulary through real objects. It has been carried out practically and comparatively. To carry out this research, forty students of grade-II from a government school; "Shree Mahalaxmi Lower Secondary School"Matatirtha, Kathmandu, were selected as sample population. A testconsisting of five different test items were the main tool for datacollection. A pre-test was given before starting teaching todetermine theexisting proficiency of the students. Then, they were divided into twogroups on the basis of the odd-even roll number according to theindividual scores obtainedin thepre-test. After dividing them into two groups, both groupswere taught thesame subject matter using the same materials. The only differencebetween group 'A' and 'B' was that real objects were used for teachingvocabulary in group 'B' and the usual teaching technique was used for teaching vocabulary in group 'A'. After the completion of the teaching forone month, a post-test (the same pre-test item) was given. Then, theresults of both pre-test and post-test were compared to determine theeffectivenessof two techniques. The main finding of this thesis is that teaching vocabulary throughreal objects using techniques at grade-II is more effective than teachingwithout using real objects. This thesis is divided into four chapters. Each chapter is divided intodifferent sub-chapters. The first chapter deals with general background of the study review of the literature, objectives of the study andsignificance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology, data gatheringprocedureand limitations of the study. Forty students of grade II and theselected school were chosen for the study. The students were divided intotwo groups: "experimental" group and a controlled group,. Theexperimental group was taught vocabulary by using real objects whereascontrolled group was taught with as usual classroom techniques i.e.withoutusing realobject techniques. The same set of test items out of 50marks was used to collect the data in both pre-test and post-test. The third chapter deals with analysis, interpretation and presentation of the data. Chapter four includes findings and recommendations with the help of analysis and interpretation, The final part of the thesis includes bibliography and appendices.Appendix-I has pre-and post-test items.Appendix-II contains summary of the lesson plans prepared to teach experimental group and controlled group. Appendix-III contains group-wise table and appendix-IV contains item wise tables. Concrete vocabulary list of our English book-2 in teaching/learning duration contains in appendix-V. Appendix-VI contains model answer sheet of experimental group and controlled group.