Abstract:
Purpose: of this paper is to give both ESL teachers and learners a guideline to
increase vocabulary with various ways of effective techniques and usages.
Moreover, introduction of this systemic way of learning vocabulary shall enable
learners write in English orthographically correctly and speak without
pronunciation errors.
Study design: This study is carried out empirically while observing sample
population directly.
Findings: How much ever knowledge we have in grammar and in macro skills
of the English language, it will never be in help if a learner isn’t in possession of
enough vocabulary. Despite the fact that vocabulary learning and teaching in the
Sri Lankan education system carries immense importance, learners have yet been
learning vocabularies either in inappropriate and/or inaccurate ways. Learning
vocabulary requires teachers and learners to pay attention to essential factors like
spelling, pronunciation, meaning or meanings of the word and meaning variation
according to the word class changes in the word and secondary factors like
increasing vocabulary through word family and word tree, getting thorough
knowledge in collocation, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, word tree and so
on and so forth. This article will enable learners to increase their vocabulary
effectively as well as teachers to teach vocabulary effectually.
Originality/Value: Findings of this research have been greatly accepted by
teachers and ESL learners of all ages. The step by step guidelines introduced in
this research in order to increase vocabulary are more productive compared to
present vocabulary teaching and learning methods.
