The effect of storytelling on vocabulary learning by high school learners

The study of vocabulary is an essential part of language acquisition. A large part of second language acquisition focuses on vocabulary learning. Vocabulary usually plays a greater role in communication than the other components of language. So, The objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of using the Storytelling Technique for teaching vocabulary to ninth grade students at junior high School, in Foolad Shahr, Isfahan. An experimental design was used in this study and the data was collected through a test as the instrument. Number of experimental group and control groups is ۱۵.For the control group, regularly implemented techniques were used to teach the same target words. For the data collection, pre-recall, pre-recognition; post-recall, post-recognition; and delayed recall, delayed-recognition tests were used. To analyze the differences between the experimental and the control group, T-Test calculations were used. According to the findings of the T-test calculations, the students in the experimental group who learned the words through storytelling technique scored significantly higher in the immediate recall, recognition tests and delayed-recall, recognition tests than the students in the control group who learned the same words through present implemented English curriculum.

کلیدواژه ها:

Story Telling ، Vocabulary Teaching ، Language ، Learning Strategies