چکیده:
This study investigated the effect of using visual aids, semantic elaboration, and visual aids plus semantic elaboration on the Iranian EFL learners' vocabulary learning. To conduct the study, the researchers assigned 49 elementary learners to three homogeneous groups according to their proficiency level. Then, a pre-test of Paribakht and Wesche's Vocabulary Knowledge Scale was given to each group. As the treatment, the first experimental group consisting of 17 learners received visual aids instruction. The second experimental group had 16 learners who received semantic elaboration method. The last experimental group including 16 learners received visual aids plus semantic elaboration instruction. After the treatment, a similar post-test was used again. Then, an ANOVA analysis was run on the data. The results of ANOVA analysis indicated a significant difference in the performance of the learners of three groups in their post-tests. For determining the place of the differences, post hoc test analysis was used. The results demonstrated that the visual aids plus semantic elaboration group outperformed the other two groups.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Inspired by the idea that the stronger the memory traces the better the learning and retrieval of the vocabularies might be, the researchers tried to investigate the impact of three different techniques of using visual aids, semantic elaboration method and the combination of the visual aids plus semantic elaboration on the vocabulary learning of the EFL learners.
In order to compare the impact of the three mentioned vocabulary teaching strategies on the vocabulary learning of the EFL learners, the researchers ran two ANOVA analysis on the pre-test and post-test mean scores of three groups who have had a different treatments during the study.
00 As it is indicated in table 5, the mean score (166) of the third group who have received a combined method of visual aids plus semantic elaboration vocabulary learning strategies was higher than the other two groups (146, and 145), and likewise, the mean score (146) of the second group of semantic processing was higher than the first group mean score (145) in the post-test administration.
5. Discussion The present research was designed to investigate the effect of using visual aids, semantic elabora- tion, and visual aids plus semantic elaboration on Iranian EFL learners' vocabulary learning.
The results of the Paired Samples T-tests analysis revealed the positive effect of treatment about visual aids, semantic elaboration, and visual aids plus semantic elaboration on the vocabulary improvement of experimental groups."