The Effect of Visual Aids on Vocabulary Learning among Iranian EFL Learners

سال انتشار: 1402
محل انتشار: دوفصلنامه پیشرفتهای نوین در اموزش زبان انگلیسی و زبان شناسی کاربردی، دوره: 5، شماره: 2
کد COI اختصاصی: JR_JELTAL-5-2_008
زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
تعداد مشاهده: 96

نویسندگان

Department of English Language Teaching, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

چکیده

The presentresearch aimed to investigate the effect of visual aids as a teaching and learning tool on highschool EFL learners’ vocabulary learning. This research is a quantitative research with a quasi-experimentaldesign. It was conducted in the Imam Khomeini High School during the academicyear ۲۰۲۲/۲۰۲۳ in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. To conduct the study, out of ۷۹ high school EFLlearners ۶۰ homogeneous students were chosen as participants. All of them were intermediatelevel learners of English. Then, they were assigned to two classes each with ۳۰ learners. Thehomogeneity of the groups was checked through the PET test. Besides, a pre-test was used tocheck their vocabulary knowledge at the onset of research. The experimental group experiencedvocabulary learning through visual aids. In contrast, the control group was taught the samematerials through the conventional method. It means teacher explained the meaning of words inEnglish, Persian or Turkish. Students also tried to find the meaning in dictionary. A vocabulary-basedtest, acting as a post-test, was conducted after the treatment. The results of theIndependent-Samples t-test on the post-test scores of both groups showed that the experimentalgroup acted better than the control group. The study proves the need for visual aids in teachingEnglish vocabulary to bring about better outcomes in students' achievements in the Englishlanguage. The researchers suggested some practical implications that can be useful andinstructional to syllabus designers as visual aids are effective means to stimulate furtheractivities.

کلیدواژه ها

EFL learners, visual aids, vocabulary learning

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