1. 字尾與短期記憶在單字學習速
度之差異
Suffix and Short-term Memory in
Vocabulary Learning Speed
Advisor: Dr. Yen Hsi Lee
Committee: Dr. Chin-Ling Lee
Dr. Chin-Ying Lin
Presenter: Shin Hua Wu
Date: December 23, 2013

2. Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
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3. Introduction
Background
Purpose
Research questions
Significance

4. Purpose of the study
• The purpose of the this study aims
at investigating the influence of the
short-term memory by using suffix
word strategy.
altitude
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5. Background of the study
• English is a communication tool. It is a
basic condition for people who work in the
future.
• Vocabulary is a basis of learning language.
It also can deliver speakers’ meaning,
thoughts, and opinions.
• Vocabulary learning strategy is an
important issue for language learners.
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6. Research Questions
1. Is there any significance of the vocabularylearning accuracy through suffix word
strategy?
2. Is there any influence on suffix word
strategy and short-term memory?
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7. The significance of the study
• This study will help language learners enrich
the vocabulary through suffix word strategy in
short-term period. Moreover, the influences
between suffix word strategy and short-term
memory, it is worth investigating.
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8. Literature Review
•The importance of vocabulary
•The structure of vocabulary
•The importance of learning strategy
•The definition of suffix word
•The influence of short-term memory
•The influence of the vocabulary learning strategy for
language learners
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9. What is the structure of vocabulary
Students tend to use the term “word”,
presumably for ease and convenience, when we
are really referring to some very specialist
definitions of the term, such as types, tokens,
lemmas and word families.”
(Milton, 2009)
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10. The importance of vocabulary
Although body language or gesture can assist
that people want to express, meaning and
thought are limited. A vocabulary without
grammar can convey the meaning. “Vocabulary
is the basic access to language.”
(Zahedi & Abdi, 2012)
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11. Without grammar very little can
be conveyed, without vocabulary
nothing can be conveyed.
(Wilkins, 1972)
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12. Vocabulary has always been one
of the significant issues related
both with teachers and learners
of foreign languages.
(Zahedi & Abdi, 2012)
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13. If you spend most of your time studying
grammar, your English will not improve
very much. You will see more
improvement if you learn more words
and expressions. You can say almost
anything with words.
(Thornburry, 2002)
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14. The definition of suffix word
• In linguistics, the suffix word means an affix
which is placed after the stem of a word.
• Common examples are case endings, which
indicate the grammatical case of nouns or
adjectives, and verb endings, which form the
conjugation of verbs.
• Suffix is called an affirmative, as they can
alter the form of the words to which they are
fixed.
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15. The influence of the vocabulary learning
strategy for language learners
The memory strategies as a
vocabulary learning strategy is more
effective than word lists to improve
language level.
(Sozler, 2012)
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16. The importance of learning strategy
Learning strategies are the
thoughts and actions that
individuals use to accomplish a
learning goal.
(Chamot, 2004)
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17. Memory, cognitive and compensation
strategies are incorporated into the direct
strategy and the indirect strategy is also
subdivided metacognitive, affective and
social strategies.
(Oxford, 1990)
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18. The influence of short-term memory
• Short-term memory (STM) is also called
primary or active memory.
• It is capacity for holding a small amount of
information in mind in an active, readily
available state or a short period of time.
• People can commonly cited capacity is 7
elements in short-term memory.
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(Boutla, Supalla, Newport & Bavelier, 2004).
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19. (Boutla, Supalla, Newport & Bavelier, 2004).
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20. Methodology
Participants
Setting
Instrument
Procedures
Questionnaire
design and
measures
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21. Participants and setting
• Department
of AE
• Vocabulary
course
• male and
female
•Sophomore
•19 to 20 years
old
Age
Site
• Chaoyang
University of
Technology
60
students
Time
• December,
2013
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22. Instrument
• It will give the handout of the suffix word
and the handout will have integrated.
• The questionnaire has five options strongly
agree, agree, no comment, disagree and
strongly disagree. (Appendix B)
• The contents of the questionnaire are related
to suffix word strategy and short-term
memory.
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23. Procedures
give and explain the suffix word handout
after explaining the handout
participants should write down the correct answers
a correct answer, get five points
finish the test, sign the consent form before fill in the
questionnaire
fill in the questionnaire without discussing with the classmates
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24. Questionnaire design and measures
suffix word handout
classifying from the vocabulary book
(Cheng and Lu, 2013)
Totally 20 items
test paper
Totally 20 items
English → Chinese
Chinese → English
one correct answer, will get the
five points
(totally 100 scores)
questionnaire
38 items
five options
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25. Appendices
(Chen & Lu, 2013)
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26. (Chen & Lu, 2013)
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27. Appendix C
Section I: Personal Information
1. Gender: □Male □Female
2. I have learned English for _____ years.
3. I usually speak in _____.
□English □Chinese □Taiwanese □Hakka
□others
4. I am a ______ language learner.
□audile □eye-minded □tactile
□colloquialism
(Cheng, 2005 & Liao, 2008)
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28. Appendix C
Section II: suffix word strategy
item
Strongly agree
agree
No
comment
disagree Strongly
disagree
No
comment
disagree Strongly
disagree
I learned vocabulary
through the suffix
word strategy that is
helpful for me.
Section III: short-term memory
item
Strongly agree
agree
Using the suffix word
strategy helps me
memory vocabulary in
short-term memory.
(Cheng, 2005 & Liao, 2008)
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29. Thank you! 
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