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Strategies Used by Malaysian ESL Primary School Teachers in Vocabulary Teaching

Table 4: Least used vocabulary strategies

Vocabulary Strategy Mean Std. Deviation Type of Strategy
I encourage my students to interact with native-speakers outside classroom. 3.23 1.195 Consolidation (Social)
I ask my students to use English-English dictionary to look up the meaning of new words. 3.21 1.206 Discovery (Determination)
I ask my students to memorize the roots, prefixes and suffixes of the words. 3.16 0.941 Consolidation (Memory)
I ask my students to underline the initial letter of the word. 3.14 1.217 Consolidation (Memory)
I put English labels on physical objects in my classrooms. 3.12 1.166 Consolidation (Cognitive)
I assign my students to read English newspapers in my classrooms / at home. 3.02 1.217 Consolidation (Metacognitive)
I ask my students to combine all the words to form a story. 3.00 1.018 Consolidation (Memory)
I teach my students the word in the form of idiom (Spill the bean - teach them the word spill & bean together) 2.89 0.88 Consolidation (Memory)
I have scheduled vocabulary tests online using application such as Quizizz and Word Wall to see if my students remember the new words learned. 2.88 1.151 Consolidation (Metacognitive)
I give online task for my students to review the vocabularies they learned using Google Form, Wordwall or any other online application. 2.77 1.165 Consolidation (Metacognitive)
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