A Development of English Vocabulary Remembering Practice Based on CEFR A2 Levels for English as a Foreign Language Students

Abstract

           The purposes of this research were to 1. develop Mnemonics Strategies practice based on A2 level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) 2. investigate students’ development of vocabulary remembering by using Mnemonics Strategies practice 3.investigate Mattayomsueksa 1 students’ opinions in remembering English vocabularies by Mnemonics Strategies practice activities. The instruments for collecting quantitative data and qualitative data were 1) Mnemonics Strategies practice based on A2 level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) by 4 strategies, Physical Mnemonics, Keyword Mnemonics, Method of Loci Mnemonics and Story Mnemonics 2) English vocabulary learning test, and 3) Semi-structured interview. The statistics used for quantitative data analyzing were mean, percentage, and 80/80 efficiency indices. The qualitative data analysis was content analysis.

             The research results found that: 1) Mnemonics Strategies practice based on A2 level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) gave efficiency standard : 89.52/80.25 2) The students’ development of vocabulary remembering after using Mnemonics Strategies practice based on A2 level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) have passed the criteria by 13 students accounted for 81.25 percent of all students and there were 3 students have not passed the criteria accounted for 18.75 percent of all students and overall percentage value was 81.71 that passed the criteria of 80 percent 3) the students had good opinion toward learning English vocabulary by using Mnemonics Strategies practice and they found that were fun, beneficial to memorizing words, happy, and being innovative. Furthermore, students could also use the memorizing strategies to memorize words and content in other subjects such as Thai, Social Studies, Computer and History. Finally, students gained additional skills such as reading skill, listening skill, speaking skill.