Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 7(11), pp. 2495 - 2500
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.071129
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Improving Noun Hyponyms Using Select TED Wordlist through WordNet: An Investigational Study

Aravind B R ^*, Rajasekaran V
Division of Social Sciences & Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

ABSTRACT

Vocabulary teaching is one of the most imperative aspects of instruction for ESL learners because it influences both productive and respective skills of students. This prudent study stresses and explores how to use hyponyms of the select TED wordlist nouns in academic writing. Therefore, the qualitative gap in vocabulary understanding of ESL learners can be linked. The method made use of WordNet to evaluate and the outcome was analyzed. The acquired results of this research revealed that the effective use of WordNet increased more acquaintance for learning the meaning of new vocabulary.

KEYWORDS
Vocabulary Skills, TED Wordlist, ESL Learners, Wordnet, Hyponyms, Vocabulary Acquisition

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Aravind B R , Rajasekaran V , "Improving Noun Hyponyms Using Select TED Wordlist through WordNet: An Investigational Study," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. 2495 - 2500, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.071129.

(b). APA Format:
Aravind B R , Rajasekaran V (2019). Improving Noun Hyponyms Using Select TED Wordlist through WordNet: An Investigational Study. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7(11), 2495 - 2500. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.071129.