Analyzing the Impact of Etymological Instruction on Vocabulary Learning for Iranian Learners of English

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of etymological instruction onvocabulary learning for Iranian learners of English. Fifty students (bothfemale and male) aged ۱۹-۲۳ majoring in TEFL at University of Zabolparticipated in this study. They were divided into two groups, one groupreceived etymological instruction (the Experimental group) and the otherreceived nothing (the control group). The Michigan proficiency test wasemployed to make sure about the homogeneity of learners. A t-test wasused to compare the mean proficiency scores of the Experimental groupand Control group. The results showed that the experimental groupoutperformed the control group, pointing that the etymologicalinstruction positively impacts the vocabulary learning of learners.

کلیدواژه ها:

Etymology ، Vocabulary ، Iranian learners of English