TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... i Acknowledgements ............................................................................................. iii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1 1. Rationale ............................................................................................................ 1 2. Aims of the study. ............................................................................................. 2 3. Research questions ............................................................................................ 2 4. Scope of the study. ............................................................................................ 3 5. Method of study. ............................................................................................... 3 6. Design of study. ................................................................................................. 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................... 4 2.1. Vocabulary ..................................................................................................... 4 2.1.1. Definition. ................................................................................................. 4 2.1.2. Importance of English vocabulary. ............................................................. 5 2.2. Challenges to improve English for adults. ..................................................... 7 2.3. Advantage when adults learning English. ...................................................... 8 2.3.1. Adults are able to cope with memorising better. ........................................ 8 2.3.2. Adults have a well-developed vocabulary in one or more languages......... 8 2.3.3. Adults have a big social circle. ................................................................... 9 2.4. Importance of learning English vocabulary. .................................................. 9 2.5. Techniques to improve vocabulary effectively ............................................ 11 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 12 3.1. Description of the participants. .................................................................... 12 3.2. Description of the setting. ............................................................................ 13 3.3. Survey questionnaire. ................................................................................... 13 3.4. The survey questionnaire and the data analysis. .......................................... 15 3.5. The interview. ............................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 4: FINDING AND DISCUSSION ............................................... 27 ii 1. Major finding. .................................................................................................. 27 1.1. Findings of the survey questionnaire ........................................................... 27 1.2. The findings from the interview. .................................................................. 28 2. Discussion. ...................................................................................................... 29 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION ......................................................................... 32 1. Recapitulation. ................................................................................................. 32 2. Limitation. ....................................................................................................... 32 3. Suggestions for further study. ......................................................................... 33 REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 35 Appendices .......................................................................................................... 36