Wesche and Paribakht's five-category hierarchy of vocabulary exercise types¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q2· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The article describes a hierarchy of vocabulary exercise types developed by Wesche and Paribakht (1994), comprising "five categories of mental processing which are required to complete various vocabulary exercises": selective attention, recognition, manipulation, interpretation and production. The categories are "hierarchical and are classified according to the learning activities required", moving learners from noticing a target word list, to matching words with definitions, constructing words with stems and affixes, guessing meaning in context, and finally producing the word in answers. The study used exercises built on this hierarchy as its experimental treatment.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Exercises must draw learners' attention and provide the mental processes required to expand vocabulary, which the article says are indispensable for promoting vocabulary learning
Constraints¶
- The article notes extensive reading without vocabulary enhancement exercises was claimed by Wesche and Paribakht to be insufficient for vocabulary retention and gains
Target Learners¶
- EFL elementary school students
Learning Goals¶
- Vocabulary acquisition and retention of target words
Claims¶
- Hierarchy Exercises Beat Copying Immediate Vocabulary [+M]
- Hierarchy Exercises Better Delayed Vocabulary Retention [+M]
- Hierarchy Exercises Improve Reading Comprehension [+M]
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Key Sources¶
- Lin, Ching-Ying & Hsu, Wei Shu. (2013). Effects of Hierarchy Vocabulary Exercises on English Vocabulary Acquisition. English Language Teaching, 6(9). http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v6n9p110
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Wesche and Paribakht's five-category hierarchy of vocabulary exercise types |
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The article describes a hierarchy of vocabulary exercise types developed by Wesche and Paribakht (1994), comprising "five categories of mental processing which are required to complete various vocabulary exercises": s... |
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