Mastering Vocabulary through Crossword Puzzles: Effects on the Proficiency of English Major Freshmen

• Main Authors: CHENG, FANG-JU, 鄭芳如
• Other Authors: Szu-I Sylvia Yu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68827538001629885649

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 應用外語學系碩士班 === 101 === In order to explore if crossword puzzle activity help students of English as a foreign language in Taiwan and to explore what sorts of clues were easy to solve for students. This study enrolled 14 at Hsuan Chuang University freshman majoring in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages. These 14 students treated eight weeks in different themes vocabulary of crossword puzzle activity for each week. Moreover, this activity had processed two semesters long to collect data and had distinguished into two different levels vocabulary, which separated into elementary and intermediate level vocabulary. In the first semester they treated elementary level and in the second semester they treated intermediate level vocabulary. All participants were taken questionnaires before their completion the pre-tests. When they finished those eight weeks activity, they treated pre-tests and crossword puzzle activity reflection questionnaire. All measured before and after tests and questionnaires used excel, SPSS 20.0, paired sample t-test for statistical analysis. The results showed that students participanted in this crossword puzzle activities, had significant differences in the results of the pretest and posttest. In addition, after the implementation of the results of the questionnaire, showing the student had a positive feedback.