An experimental study on the vocabulary level and vocabulary consolidation strategies

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to determine the effects of “Vocabulary Consolidation Strategy Training” on vocabulary learning, and the use of Vocabulary Consolidation strategies. The population of this study was the 34 students (12 female, 22 male) from a, university preparatory class in the Spring Term of the 2009-2010 Academic Year. The research presented in this study was based, on a randomized pretest posttest control group design., In this research, “Vocabulary Level Test” based on Paul Nation's Vocabulary Levels Tests (Nation, 1990) and “Vocabulary, Consolidation Strategy Inventory” adapted from Fan (2003); Schmitt (1997); Gu and Johnson (1996) were used. In the analysis, of the data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, percentage, and t-Test techniques were used, and KR 20 reliability test was, administered for the Vocabulary Consolidation Strategy Scale. The significance level of the tests was .05.As a result of the research, there were statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in favor of, the experimental group at the vocabulary levels 1000B, and 2000, but there was not any statistically significant difference between the groups at vocabulary level 1000A.