Effective morphological awareness instruction for enhancing vocabulary acquisition in EFL students: A study at AKM Islamic Senior High School

Anggrisia, Nur Fitria and Billah, Ahmad Zulfahmi Muwafiq (2024) Effective morphological awareness instruction for enhancing vocabulary acquisition in EFL students: A study at AKM Islamic Senior High School. Exposure: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 13 (2). ISSN 2252-7818

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Abstract

Vocabulary is a fundamental component of language expression, alongside speech and grammar. Effective communication in a second language (L2) requires a broad vocabulary, irrespective of students' proficiency in grammar and pronunciation. Preliminary observations at AKM Islamic Senior High School revealed many students have low vocabulary proficiency. Morphology, the study of word formation, includes affixation—adding or removing prefixes and suffixes. Morphological awareness, the ability to recognize and manipulate affixes, helps students deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words, thereby enriching their vocabulary. This study investigates the effectiveness of morphological awareness instruction in enhancing vocabulary among senior high school students. Using a true experimental design with a quantitative approach, participants were randomly selected by Mrs. F, an English teacher, and divided into experimental and control groups, each with 30 tenth-grade students. The experimental group received morphological instruction over three weeks, while the control group received traditional instruction using descriptive text material. Post-tests were administered to both groups, and data were analyzed using SPSS.25. The findings show a significant improvement in the experimental group's vocabulary proficiency, with an average post-test score of 68.40 compared to the control group's 53.80. An independent t-test confirmed a significant difference between the two groups. These results indicate that morphological awareness instruction is effective in improving the English vocabulary skills of senior high school students at AKM Islamic Senior High School.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Vocabulary Acquisition, Morphological Awareness, EFL Education, Quantitative Study,nExperimental Design
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) > 20040802 Morphology 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems
Divisions:	Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Training > Department of English Language Education
Depositing User:	M.Pd Nur Fitria Anggrisia
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2024 14:23

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