The Effectiveness of LINCS Vocabulary Strategy in Vocabulary Development

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Learning new words is often associated with reading a text. Vocabulary covers a wide scope in communication. It helps students express themselves in speaking and writing and understand the ideas in listening and reading. Yet, in Language Learning it seems and sounds that vocabulary does not give much emphasis as it is used often only in unlocking difficulties in preparation for reading and using the list of vocabulary words in sentences. The new set of words does not store for a long time that results in limited words that they can be expressed when they talk and write and comprehended when they listen and read. This paper will focus on the LINCS Vocabulary Strategy, a learning strategy that was published by Edwin S. Ellis (1992), University of Kansas Institute for Research of Learning Disabilities.

METHODS

The process of assimilation and accommodation in Jean Piaget's Cognitive Theory is carried in this study as it centers in the application of LINCS Vocabulary strategy that uses mental techniques in associating the schema of a new word with the prior knowledge with the use and application of the senses. This study grouped the subjects under the Vocabulary Strategy in the Learner's Material (LM) of Grade 10 students as the control group and the experimental group under LINCS Vocabulary Strategy.

RESULTS

Based on the gathered results, students who did LINCS Vocabulary Strategy had positive results on the vocabulary test that included the vocabulary words from Grade 10 Learner's Material compared with the students who did not work with LINCS Vocabulary Strategy. 12% of the students who engaged with LINCS Vocabulary Strategy got the perfect score on the given vocabulary test. However, 0% was the result of the vocabulary test administered by the students who did not undergo in LINCS Vocabulary Strategy. From the 50-item test, 96% of the students who worked with LINCS Vocabulary Strategy got 40 and above in their scores. Yet the students who did not work with LINCS Vocabulary Strategy obtained the 76% on the same range of scores.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the given results, the LINCS Vocabulary Strategy was effective in vocabulary development of the students. The said strategy did not only empower the bank of words of the students but also the power of word association and creative hand of the students. The vocabulary was developed by linking the definition with the reminding word that sounded like the vocabulary word and the created picture.