Taiwanese Junior High School Students’ Performance on Vocabulary Learning

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine the vocabulary learning in productive and receptive skills by 181 grade 8 junior high students in Taiwan. The performance of students’ vocabulary learning on four skills was indicated. The instrument included a vocabulary assessment test. There were 40 English words adopted from Kang Hsuan, Nani and Joy junior high school English textbooks. It involved four parts, listening, speaking, reading and writing. The results reported that significant differences were showed among students’ four skills on vocabulary learning. Most subjects were good at listening to the sound of the words. On the other hand, most subjects were failed in pronouncing the English word. Pedagogical implications and suggestions were referred following.