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Can Inspirational Quotes Help the Recall of Abstract Vocabulary?

Document Type : Research Article

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1 MA in English Language Teaching, University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran

2 Associate Professor of ELT, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of humanities, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

3 MA in English Language Teaching, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Abstract

The present study investigates the potential impact of inspirational quotes on improving English abstract vocabulary recall. To achieve this, a multiple-choice Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT) of 60 items including vocabulary and grammar component was administered as the proficiency test to a sample of 63 second-semester male and female students aged 18 to 22, studying English Translation in Semnan University, Iran. The 40 upper-level language students were selected and randomly assigned into two groups of 20 as an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group was exposed to inspirational quotes for one month and the control group was instructed abstract vocabularies through plain sentences. At the end of the treatment, a cued recall achievement test was used to measure the participants’ immediate recall of the target words. Two weeks after the treatment, the same test was administered to explore the delayed recall of participants and to estimate the effect of inspirational quotes on long term recall of abstract vocabulary by the experimental group compared with that of the control group. Analysis of immediate and delayed cued recall achievement tests confirmed the hypotheses that inspirational quotes had a significant effect on both immediate and delayed recall of abstract vocabulary. Based on these findings it is concluded that inspirational quotes can be utilized not only as a supportive context for teaching and learning of abstract vocabulary but also as motivational, emotional, and meaningful pedagogical sources.

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Article Title [Persian]

تاثیر به کارگیری آموزشی نقل قول های الهامی بر یادآوری واژگان انتزاعی

Authors [Persian]

  • مهری مختارزاده 1
  • دکتر هادی فرجامی 2
  • منیره مختار زاده 3

1 کارشناس ارشد آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه سمنان، سمنان، ایران

2 دانشیار زبانشناسی کاربردی، گروه زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی، دانشکدۀ علوم انسانی، دانشگاه سمنان، سمنان، ایران

3 کارشناس ارشد آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه بیرجند، بیرجند، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

این مطالعه تلاشی است برای بررسی تاثیر استفاده از نقل قولهای الهامی در تدریس لغت های انتزاعی انگلیسی بر به یادآوردن آن‎ها. در این راستا، یک آزمون زبان تعین سطح با 60 آیتم چهار گزینه ای وبا مضمون لغت و گرامر زبان انگلیسی در بین 63 دانشجوی ترم دوم دختر و پسر در محدوده سنی بین 17 تا 22 سال که در دانشگاه سمنان در رشته مترجمی زبان انگلیسی مشغول به تحصیل بودند اجرا گردید. در نهایت 40 دانشجویی که سطح بالاتری از زبان انگلیسی را دارا بودند برگزیده شدند و به صورت تصادفی به دو گروه یکسان 20 تایی تحت عنوان گروه آزمایشی و کنترل اختصاص یافتند. گروه آزمایشی 22 لغت انتزاعی مورد نظر را از طریق نقل قولهای الهامی و گروه کنترل همان لغت ها را از طریق جملات ساده فرا گرفتند. در پایان کارآزمایی، برای سنجیدن میزان یادآوری بلافاصله لغت های مورد نطر، آزمون بازخوانی نشانه ای از هردو گروه به عمل آمد. دو هفته بعد از کار آزمایی، همان آزمون برای دو گروه مجددا اجرا گردید تا بدین طریق میزان تاثیر نقل قولهای الهامی بر یادآوری با تاخیرلغت های انتزاعی در شرکت کنندگان گروه آزمایشی با عملکرد گروه کنترل مقایسه شود. نتایج برآمده از این مطالعه بیانگر تاثیررضایت بخش نقل قول های الهامی بر یادآوری بلافاصله و با تاخیر لغت های انتزاعی می باشد. با تحلیل نتایج آزمون های بلافاصله و با تاخیر با استفاده از دو سری آزمون t-test دو فرضیه این مطالعه مبنی بر تاثیر نقل قول های الهامی بر به یادآوری بلافاصله و با تاخیر لغت های انتزاعی تایید شدند. بر اساس این یافته می توان اینگونه نتیجه گرفت که از جملات الهامی می توان به عنوان متون پشتیبان برای آموزش و یادگیری لغات انتزاعی استفاده کرد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • احساس و هیجان
  • انگیزه
  • به یادآورن لغات
  • نقل قول الهامی
  • واژگان انتزاعی
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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances
Volume 8, Issue 2
October 2020
Pages 141-157
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  • Receive Date: 11 June 2020
  • Revise Date: 07 September 2020
  • Accept Date: 18 October 2020
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