Journal Articles

Realising personalised vocabulary learning in the Hong Kong context via a personalised curriculum featuring 'student-selected vocabulary'

Title:
Realising personalised vocabulary learning in the Hong Kong context via a personalised curriculum featuring 'student-selected vocabulary'
Authors:
- Choi, Mui Lan Dept. of English Language Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
- Ma, Qing Dept. of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Source:
Language and Education, 1-17, 2014
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2014
Education Categories:
- F Learning & Teaching
  - FA General Teaching Strategies, Different Instructional Methods
- G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  - GB English Language
    - GBD Teaching Methods of Reading Comprehension & Their Outcomes, Vocabulary Teaching
Keywords:
Personalised Instruction Personalised Curriculum Student-selected Vocabulary Student Choice Learning Differences
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Secondary Education
Abstract:
This paper proposes a personalised instructional strategy, student-selected vocabulary, to facilitate secondary school students' vocabulary building. It then reports how this personalised instructional strategy was implemented and evaluated through a teacher-led intervention study of 57 low-achieving Hong Kong secondary school students. Data were collected with multiple measures: student-made vocabulary cards, paper questionnaires, and personalised vocabulary tests. The findings show that these low-achieving students selected words to learn in a responsible way to meet with their academic needs and achieved good retention rates of their personalised curriculum. Evidence also shows that learner differences were catered for and well addressed in this innovative personalised vocabulary pedagogy.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2014.942318]
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 09500782
DOI:
- 10.1080/09500782.2014.942318
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/d8b16c12
Entry Date:
2014-10-22