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Reference:

Dolean, Dacian Dorin and Andreea Dolghi. 2016. Teaching Young FL Learners New Vocabulary: A Comparison between the Efficiency of Keyword Method and Total Physical Response. International Journal of English Linguistics. November. Vol. 6, No. 6

Review:

Among the first and most important steps to be taken towards formal teaching of a FL is teaching its vocabulary. This investigation aimed to assess and compare the efficiency of two mnemonics that have been traditionally used to explicitly teach new foreign language words. The Keyword Method (KWM) shown that the retention of a new vocabulary word in a FL can be substantially increased when the learner associates its sound to a keyword in his/her native language and then creates a mental image combining the two words. Total Physical Response is another popular mnemonic strategy used for teaching FL vocabulary. TPR is When using this method, FL instructors give a series of commands in the targetlanguage (e.g., jump and clap your hands), while learners are expected to respond with whole-body movements (e.g., to jump while clapping their hands). The researcher took random children for this study. The material for KWM are paper with picture and word in English and the other is word in english with the meaning in Romanian language. And there is no visual materials were used in the TPR treatment.  The results indicating a large size of the main effect for treatment and the fact that the recall performance of the KWM treatment was more than 3 times higher. The study also indicates that, although using an interactive method like TPR to teach young children vocabulary words can be age-appropriate and entertaining, the assumed efficiency of such a method (compared with more traditional methods, such as single picture presentation) needs to be treated with caution.

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