3.1 SUBJECTS OF THE STUDYPARTICIPANTS WERE 42 STUDENTS MAJORING IN C...

2. - THE EFFECT OF EXPLICIT VOCABULARY TEACHING ON ESP STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACQUISITION A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN VUNG TAU VOCATIONAL TOURISM COLLEGE U) 2. - THE EFFECT OF EXPLICIT VOCABULARY TEACHING ON ESP STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACQUISITION A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN VUNG TAU VOCATIONAL TOURISM COLLEGE U)
THE EFFECT OF EXPLICIT VOCABULARY TEACHING ON ESP STUDENTS VOCABULARY ACQUISITION A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN VUNG TAU VOCATIONAL TOURISM COLLEGE U)

2.3.1 Subjects of the study

Participants were 42 students majoring in Cookery in two intact classes at VTVC. They

took ten-period ESP English course per week for their fourth semester so as to enhance

their listening and speaking abilities of English in Hospitality. All the participants have

learned English for at least three years. After having been successful in the entrance exam

they are assigned into different classes randomly. At the time the research was conducted,

all the participants were at the pre-intermediate level of English.

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