This presentation discusses using the mobile application Memrise to enhance students' technical vocabulary. It begins by defining general, academic, technical, and low-frequency vocabulary. It then outlines six steps for teaching vocabulary and describes implementing Memrise with 31 agriculture students. Pre- and post-tests showed students' mean vocabulary score increased from 62.28 to 84.40. Questionnaires also found students were highly motivated and confident in their learning using Memrise. The presentation concludes that Memrise is an effective alternative tool for teaching and enhancing students' technical vocabulary achievement.

1. Enhancing Students’
Technical or Specialized
Vocabulary through
“Memrise”
Presented By:
Dian Fadhilawati,M.Pd.
(ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF
BALITAR)
CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
22-23 FEBRUARY 2014 PHNOM PHEN CAMBODIA
10th
Annual

2. . .
VOCABULARY TEARS
Mule, breeding, breeder, cultivar
Labrador, hybrid, Taxon
Harvest, crop, plant,
Farmer, go, farm,

3. Low frequencyLow frequency
TechnicalTechnical
GeneralGeneral
Vocabulary
(Nation:2001)
Academic
1
2
3
4

4. General VocabularyGeneral Vocabulary
 the 2000 most frequent words of English
• provide 80% coverage of most texts
arrive, discuss, follower, impossible,
leader, message, repeat, story
attribute, category, environment, function,
internal, monitor, perspective, widespread
a list of 570 frequently occurring words in academic
texts
provides approximately 8-12% coverage of academic
texts
Academic Vocabulary
1
2

5. words that occur with very high or moderate
frequency level within a limited range of texts
provides 5% coverage of most texts
words that occur with very high or moderate
frequency level within a limited range of texts
provides 5% coverage of most texts
audit, capital, distribution, metrics,
principal agent, shareholder, supply
Technical Vocabulary
Low Frequency Vocabulary
words at the 2,000 - 20,000 frequency level and
beyond
provides 5% coverage of most texts
abject, credentials, genealogy,
geomorphic, incarcerate, palpitate, rupture
4
3

6. BoldedBolded
Technical /specialized
Vocabulary
Specific Field

7. .
.
How to Teach
Vocabulary
Adapted from Building Academic Vocabulary by Robert
Marzano and Debra Pickering, 2005
Step 4: Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to
their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks.
Step 5: Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another
.
Step 6: Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with
terms.
Step 1: Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term.
Step 2: Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example
in their own words.
Step 3: Ask students to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic
representing the term or phrase

8. PRE ACTION
STUDENTS
Mean Score OF Vocabulary test:
62.28 les than the criterion of
succes 75.00
Unmotivated
Passive

9. .
2010

10. sciencescience
SCIENCE
FUNFUN
COMMUNITY
MEMRISE
community

12. Level 1
Agriculture/Farmer/farm/Breeding/irrigation/Climate/
Air/soil/Mineral/Pesticide/Fertile/Fertilizer/Rice
Vocabulary of Agriculture and
Farming
Plant Breading/Animal Breading/Selective
Breading/Inbreeding/Breeder/Crossbreed/Hybrid/
Mule/Maize/Extinction/Taxon/Species/Outcross/
Labradoodle/Cultivar
Polyculture/Monoculture/Multiple Cropping/
Intercropping/Aquaponics/Suistanable Agriculture/
Crop Rotation/Organic Agriculture/Permaculture/
Green Manure/Compost/Raw Material/Pastoral Farming
.
Level 2
Level 3

13. WHO,WHEN,WHERE,HOW
31 students of
Agriculture and Farming in
the second semester (2012/2013)
METHOD
Classroom
Action Research

14. e
Learn effectively Enjoy your mindPlay with others
Reminder timed
Adaptive Testing
Lots more science
Earn points
Compete with
friend
Designed for fun
Taps inner genius
Why We Use Memrise

15. Motivated
to learn
Technical
Vocabulary
Learning Motivation
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
29
(93%)
2
(7%)
0 0 0
29
(94%)
2
(6%)
0 0 0
0 0 1
(3%)
2
(7%)
28
(90%)
0 0 0 2
(7%)
29
(93%)
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSNItems
Number
make me
Motivated to
learn
More
interesting
Difficult to
learn
Boring and
wasting time

16. Easy to
learn
words and
promote
self
confidence
Learning Result
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
27 4 0 0 0
28 3 0 0 0
28 2 1 0 0
29 2 0 0 0
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSNQuestions
Adding
Vocabulary
Learning
vocabulary
easily
Meaningful
vocabulary
learning
Having self
confidence

17. Accomplish
the vocabulary
task
Task
Accomplishment
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
27
(87%)
4
(13%)
0 0 0
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSNItems
Number
Iam
motivated to
do my
vocabulary
tasks after
learning
vocabulary
with Memrise

18. Promote
social
relationship
Social
lRelationship
Questionnaire ResultQuestionnaire Result
28
(90%)
3
(10%)
0 0 0
Learning Technical vocabulary using Memrise
ANAANAAAAA AA NANA
SNSN
Items Number
(9)
Learning
vocabulary
through
“memrise”
increases
friendship with
my friends

19. 84.40
WORD
LIST
60.28
STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES
MEAN
SCORE
MEAN
SCORE
MEMRISE
Before After
THE STUDENTS VOCABULARY
ACHIEVEMENT

20. Reflecting Implementing
Observing
M= 75…?
CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCHCLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH
PROCEDUREPROCEDURE
Planning

21. References
Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G. & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing Words
to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction. New York: The Guilford
Press.
Chall, J.S. (1996). American reading achievement: Should we
worry? Research in the Teaching of English, 30, 303-310.
Graves, M.F., editor. Essential Readings on Vocabulary
Instruction. International Reading Association 2009.
Marzano, R.J., & Pickering, D.L. (2005) Building Academic
Vocabulary: Teacher's Manual. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
"Common Core State Standards Initiative." National Governor's
Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State
School Officers, 2010. Web. 12 Jun 2012.

22. 1. Enhance the
students’
Technical
Vocabulary
achievement
2.Alternative
tool in
teaching
learning
CONCLUSION

23. Happy Presenting!
Dian Fadhilawati,M.Pd.
dianfadhilawati@yahoo.com
(+6282230444437)