Semantics and Teaching VocabularyRELATIONSHIPS

Vocabulary reinforces learning to meet communicative needs of learners of a second language.

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study was to determine which would be more effective for teachers to present vocabulary words in semantically unrelated sets or semantically related sets for EFL students?

What to use semantically related sets or semantically unrelated ones? Animals Random

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discuss

outgoingunderground

building

Participants

EFL ( 33 fifteen- years - old students) EFL ( 24 eighteen - years - old students) Intermediate Group

Session 1Week 1

Session 2Week 2

Session 3

Week 3

Session 4

Week 4

Session 5

Week 5

Pilot Test Presentation of

unrelated words

Post- test Unrelated

words

Presentation of related

words

Post- test related words

In conclusion, we can say that according to this study and under the circumstances of it. The sets of words that were semantically unrelated were more acquired by the students of both groups. However it is important to say that it would of be necessary a later test after few months to see how much of the vocabulary words were really remembered by both groups.

To take into consideration:

As teachers not to stick to learned practices, but adapt them and use different strategies depending on the levels and ages of groups.

Not to discourage ourselves in using semantically related sets of words but to combine both strategies.

SEMANTICSPamela Cadena Morán

ESPE 2016