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VSSPlus: a post-reading vocabulary strategy integrating technological tools with the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

VSSPlus is described as a post-reading variant of Haggard's Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy that adds technological tools. Students select words from a text, answer three questions about each word, and use tools such as e-Dictionaries, Wordsift, Thinglink, podcasts and wikis to explore meanings, synonyms and definitions. The article states it "requires from its users to integrate various applications of technological tools during its practice" and that technology should be applied generatively, with the instructor acting as a facilitator of discussion, word selection and team formation.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Occurs after reading a selected reading material
  • Technology applied in a generative way to satisfy learners' learning needs and interests
  • Instructor facilitates oral discussion, word selection and distributing students into small teams

Constraints

  • The article notes VSSPlus is still a new strategy, with only suggested procedures by Grisham, Wolsey and Smetana (2013) prior to this study

Target Learners

  • university EFL students

Learning Goals

  • vocabulary learning and deep comprehension of selected words

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Manal Mohamed Khodary. (2017). Using the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy Plus to Develop University EFL Students' Vocabulary Learning. English Language Teaching, 10(8). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n8p135
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title VSSPlus: a post-reading vocabulary strategy integrating technological tools with the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy
description VSSPlus is described as a post-reading variant of Haggard's Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy that adds technological tools.
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