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Strategies Used by Malaysian ESL Primary School Teachers in Vocabulary Teaching

Table 3: Most used vocabulary strategies

Vocabulary Strategy Mean Std. Deviation Type of Strategy
I ask students to read out loud (say the new word aloud when studying). 4.63 0.555 Consolidation (Memory)
I ask my students to repeat the word verbally again and again. 4.49 0.658 Consolidation (Cognitive)
I focus on teaching my students pronunciation of the new word. 4.44 0.627 Consolidation (Memory)
I ask my students to memorize the spelling of the word. 4.33 0.787 Consolidation (Memory)
I ask my students to relate a word to their personal experience. Example; when learning the word celebration, they think of their birthday party / festivals. 4.28 0.75 Consolidation (Memory)
I ask my students to guess the meaning from textual context. 4.25 0.662 Discovery (Determination)
I ask my students to listen to English songs in my classroom or at home. 4.21 0.861 Consolidation (Metacognitive)
I ask my students to use the vocabulary section in their textbook to learn new words. 4.16 0.862 Consolidation (Cognitive)
I ask my students to link the word to its related word. Example; banana, think of other fruits, apple 4.09 0.786 Consolidation (Memory)
I ask my students to match the word with picture representing the word 4.07 0.884 Consolidation (Memory)
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