The Effect of Observational Learning on Iranian English Learners’ Vocabulary Development

سال انتشار: 1395
محل انتشار: چهارمین کنفرانس بین المللی پژوهشهای کاربردی در مطالعات زبان
کد COI اختصاصی: ELSCONF04_137
زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
تعداد مشاهده: 532

نویسندگان

AllamehMohaddesNouri University, Nour, Iran

چکیده

Vocabulary has always been one of the important issues related to both teachers and learners of foreign languages. This study aimed to investigate the effects of using Observational Learning(OL) Theory on EFL learners’ vocabulary development. 40 intermediate learners were selected to take part in this research from Pishro-Danesh institute in Nowshahr, Iran. To ensure the homogeneity of the participants, an Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was administered and 30students were selected as the main cohorts. They were divided randomly into an ExperimentalGroup (EG) and a Control Group (CG). The EG was taught 60 English vocabularies from the book 504 Absolutely Essential Words through OL-based procedure, and the CG was taught English vocabularies from the same book through a traditional method. Results of the study confirmed the vocabulary development of EG as a result of receiving OL instruction. The results of independent samples t-test comparing the performances of the CG and EG in the posttest indicated that participants who learned vocabularies through OL performed better than those who learned through direct translation

کلیدواژه ها

Observational learning, modeling, EFL learners

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