Facilitating Vocabulary Note Taking on Computers Through the Deep Processing Strategy

Abstract

The recording of words in a vocabulary notebook is regarded as a plausible and efficient method for learners, since they can organize and manage the individual words they wish to acquire. The wide appeal of portable computers has resulted in a rapid increase in taking notes via computers across college campuses. Although computers can increase transcription speed when students take notes, they are also detrimental to learning, because students tend to mindlessly transcribe results, resulting in shallow processing. To resolve the issue, in this study, an associationbased strategy is introduced to assist learners in compiling vocabulary notebooks. To assess the strategy, an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of the proposed nonlinear associations note-taking method with respect to the traditional linear outline method. The results show that both strategies could increase vocabulary retention; however, the associations format was significantly better than the outline format. In addition, through a deep analysis of both types of note-taking processes, we also found that students using the associations note-taking method developed more meaningful word association styles (e.g., linking words that had similar contexts) in composing their notes than students using the outline notetaking method. When examining how learners with different cognitive styles took the notes, the results showed that learner performance depends on cognitive style,

The perspectives of students from the Faculty of Russian Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City on the application of visual vocabulary self-study strategy

“…Từ những khái niệm nêu trên, nhóm tác giả đúc kết định nghĩa về chiến lược tự học từ vựng trực quan như sau: đây là chiến lược kết hợp các phương pháp học từ vựng thông qua các phương tiện trực quan (hình ảnh và âm thanh) để ghi nhớ từ vựng trong quá trình tự học. Việc học từ vựng là vô cùng quan trọng vì nó truyền tải được ý tưởng và quan điểm của người sử dụng ngôn ngữ, ngoài ra, nếu muốn giao tiếp tốt hơn thì người học cần biết một khối lượng từ vựng nhiều hơn 5 . Không chỉ vậy, để học từ vựng hiệu quả thì việc sử dụng đúng chiến lược học tập là rất quan trọng và phụ thuộc vào nỗ lực và nhận thức đúng đắn của người học.…”

Which Elements Matter? Constructing Word Cards for English Vocabulary Growth

“…In addition, strategic planning is essential to use vocabulary notebooks to their fullest. As illuminated by Liu et al (2017), dissimilar organization formats facilitate vocabulary learning in different ways, with an outline format prominently contributing less to the advancement of learning performance than an association format. To be more specific, classifying words according to their relationship with other words helps learners to recall vocabulary items more efficiently than simply listing words (Liu et al, 2017).…”