Vocabulary Research Paper (25 mins)
A Study on Students' Difficulties in Learning Latin-Rooted Vocabulary
The study aims to find out English for Nursing course students' difficulties in learning Latin-Rooted vocabulary at a college in Ho Chi Minh City. A survey is conducted to find out what difficulties in learning Latin-Rooted vocabulary in ESP and how could they handle those difficulties. The data collected from 30 students show their concerns upon the lexicon understanding, the usage of those vocabulary in the context and mostly how to memorize the words. Data collecting instruments include think-aloud protocol and questionnaire. The follow-up interviews and the thematic analysis later stood the findings on their difficulties in Latin-rooted vocabulary learning. Mind-mapping and morphological rules are mostly applied to solves their problems so far as pedagogical implication in the case studied.
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NGUYEN T. M., HA (Asoko) is an English lecturer at Saigon Polytechnic College, Vietnam. She specializes in General English, English for specific purpose (ESP), and Intercultural communications in language teaching. As a postgraduate student in M.A.in TESOL program at Ho Chi Minh University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Nguyen’s research interests focus on ELT, Language acquisition, Applied linguistics and Asian intercultural lingo studies. She is also a book author for children and young adults.