The acquisition of vocabulary of meat hygiene in the English language studies
2004
Parcinska, M.(Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Social Sciences. Dept. of Languages)
An investigation was carried out finding the most effective ways of teaching/learning techniques and strategies of meat hygiene lexis in professional English. The lexical approach (content-centred, theme and task based, integrated language and content learning) was employed. Collocations/fixed phrases/lexical chunks/words from authentic veterinary texts were grouped in three different versions (V1, V2 and V3) of 10 instructional techniques. After practising each of them during the English classes and at home the 2nd year students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine LUA wrote a test with and without previous warning about it. The results obtained showed that the most effective appeared to be techniques containing collocations/fixed phrases/lexical chunks than those of separate words. The highest average mark of the test was when students knew about the forthcoming test. The more varied exposure to language the students were the more vocabulary they acquired. However most of the responsibility for retaining the new items fall on the students' shoulders. They should revise vocabulary themselves at regular intervals. The teacher's role is to assist the students giving those learning strategies, raising their awareness and understanding of collocations through meaningful tasks and essential tools.
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