How can my students learn and remember new words? by Elyanora Menglieva

2025-03-25 15:18:50 UTC

I am Diyora Abdurakhmatova, a teacher at the private learning center called '' Multi-level center '' located in Namangan city, Uzbekistan.

My teaching context:

I work at the study center as an English teacher
I have a lesson with A1, A2 and B1 level students
My students didn't want to learn English because they had difficulty learning new words.
My research inspired them and increased their interest in English.
My goal is to teach students new words in an easy and fun way and increase their motivation to learn English.

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My exploratory research questions:

What kind of methods should I use them to learn new words easily?
What kind of challenges will they face while starting new words?
How do my students react when I give them vocabulary tasks?

How did I gather the data?

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Notes from informal conversation with colleagues
Conducting questionnaire
Observation by my colleagues

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Observation questions

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Can I know whether you think my method was useful or not?
Did you notice something new among my students while doing activities?
Do you have any feedback?

2025-03-25 17:28:42 UTC

Last year, during my internship, I had problems with the memorization of new words by pupils. It was very difficult for some pupils to memorize the words. They would forget the words that they memorized today in the next lesson. After the internship, I had the same challenge with my students at the education center. I was curious as to why this was happening.

At school I taught 5th graders. The main reason why they cannot memorize the words may be that they have no interest in English language. The next reason may be that I just let them write the words on paper. It may have been boring for them because I didn't do any activities or I didn't try to use the pictures of the words and visual objects.

But the pupils' interest in the educational reason cannot be the reason. Because a student who has no interest in English will not pay the money to study at the educational center. I think the main reason for the issue is the lack of effective activities.

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The reason why I researched this topic

elyamenglieva — 2025-03-25 18:49:58 UTC

The reason why I researched this topic is that if students learn grammar well but have a limited vocabulary, it will lead to a decrease in speaking ability. It will be difficult for them to express their thoughts fully and well. That's why, I chose this topic to solve this problem. Because speaking plays a key role in language acquisition.

Abstract

elyamenglieva — 2025-03-25 18:52:15 UTC

Learning and remembering new words can be difficult for language learners, as words learned today are often forgotten within days. I observed that my students often faced challenges in remembering vocabulary, not knowing effective ways to practice, and losing interest in traditional memorization methods. In this presentation, drawing on insights from my exploratory action research, I will discuss effective techniques to enhance vocabulary retention, including the use of visual aids, contextual learning, engaging activities, and mnemonic devices. I will talk about how these strategies can be applied to create engaging and collaborative learning environments, highlighting the positive impact of techniques such as group work and peer support in making vocabulary learning more effective and enjoyable.

2025-03-26 09:01:33 UTC

I have tried some methods and activities to make the students more interested in the lesson. I conducted a survey among 10 students to see if they liked them. Almost all students answered the questions positively. For the first question, 7 students liked the activities, 2 students said ''quiet'' and a student didn't like them. It can be seen that the activities helped the pupils to memorize the new words. For the next question, 4 students faced the difficulty with time management, another 4 students had difficulty with learning by heart the words, and the others had other difficulties while doing activities. According to the results of the third question, a student thinks that I should change the activities, another student thinks that I don't have to change them, and the others said that some more activities should be added. All in all, my methods and the activities that I used were beneficial for them.

2025-03-26 09:47:00 UTC

I asked my colleague to monitor my lesson, pay attention to the students and write down his thoughts and answer the questions while I was doing vocabulary activities with my students. He thought that my method was useful for remembering the words. I liked his answer when he was asked whether he noticed something new while they were doing activities or not. He said that the participants were of various ages, some were schoolchildren, and some were university students. University students remembered the new words better and faster than schoolchildren. He expressed his opinion that all the activities were good and that some easier activities should be added. So, I should add another activity that is suitable for everyone's level. That's when it becomes easy and interesting for everyone to remember new words.

2025-03-27 12:21:11 UTC

After the exploratory stage, it is very important to make a plan for the action stage.
- Adding mnemonic devices
- Using visual aids
- Engaging vocabulary activities
- Working on my teaching skills

2025-03-27 12:35:31 UTC

I learned a lot through this research. In addition to teaching how to learn new words, I learned how to work with students properly and how to interact with them. Until now, if students did not learn the words, I would punish them. As a result, both I and the students would have difficulties. There were times when some students left my course because they did not want to study. After I started using these methods, the students' interest in the lesson changed. In the future, I will continue my teaching profession. I want to use these methods in the future and continue to learn easy and interesting ways to memorize words.