Developing Vocabulary Through Group Work Technique

Abstract

The present study Developing Vocabulary Through Group Work aimed at using group work for teaching vocabulary and see the level of improvement. For that purpose, the researcher purposively selected one government-aided School of Dolakha district and 48 students from grade 8 of the selected school. Different tests viz., pre-test, progress-tests and post-test were administered to 48 students during school time. From the study, it was found that group work helps to develop students level of learning vocabulary. It was also found that this approach increases students' motivation and decrease monotony while learning in the classroom. This thesis has been organized into four chapters. The first chapter introduces the study in terms of general background, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. It provides theoretical input for group work and vocabulary teaching in Language Teaching and its practices. Chapter two deals with the methodology adopted for the study under which; the sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study are presented. The study is based on both primary and secondary sources of data. Chapter three presents the analysis and interpretation of the data based on the response of 48 students after the teaching by using group work in the classroom. In this section both statistical and descriptive approaches have been used. Chapter four discusses the findings and recommendations of this research. The references and appendices form the concluding part of the thesis.