An overview of productive vocabulary levels amongst ESL learners and teachers in Gauteng township schools

Moyo, Flora

dc.contributor.advisor	Klapwijk, N. M.
dc.contributor.author	Moyo, Flora
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-30T09:49:10Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-30T09:49:10Z
dc.date.issued	2018-02
dc.date.submitted	2018-07-30
dc.identifier.citation	Moyo, Flora (2018) An overview of productive vocabulary levels amongst ESL learners and teachers in Gauteng township schools, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24502>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24502
dc.description.abstract	The study measures the productive vocabulary size of Grade 6 English Second Language learners and teachers in 16 township schools in Gauteng Province. Data from learners (n-881) and teachers (n-19) were collected by testing the participants with versions C and A respectively of the Productive Vocabulary levels Test of Controlled ability. In addition, samples of learners’ written work were examined. Interviews and lesson observations with a sample of teachers were conducted to triangulate the data. Using SPSS version 23, means for each word level were calculated. The ANOVA, t-tests and post hoc tests were performed. Bonferroni corrections were applied. Results indicate that both learners and teachers have not mastered the vocabulary at the levels tested. The results also indicate that poor vocabulary teaching methods and poverty contribute to poor vocabulary development among learners.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (vii, 186 leaves) : color illustrations	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Productive vocabulary	en
dc.subject	Productive Vocabulary Levels Test	en
dc.subject	Frequency levels	en
dc.subject	Word families	en
dc.subject	Vocabulary development	en
dc.subject	English Second Language	en
dc.subject	Disadvantaged background	en
dc.subject	Reading comprehension	en
dc.subject	Academic achievement	en
dc.subject	Speaking proficiency	en
dc.subject.ddc	372.44096822
dc.subject.lcsh	Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.subject.lcsh	English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Vocabulary tests -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Elementary school teachers -- Rating of -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.subject.lcsh	School children -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Economic conditions	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Academic achievement -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.title	An overview of productive vocabulary levels amongst ESL learners and teachers in Gauteng township schools	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Linguistics and Modern Languages	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Applied Linguistics)	en