چکیده:
This study aimed to investigate the effect of visual aids on elementary Iranian EFL
learners’ vocabulary learning. To achieve the aim of the study, 60 elementary EFL
learners were selected based on their performance on proficiency test. After
administering the pretest, the participants of the experimental group received
vocabulary visually. The teacher used different kinds of strategies such as:
physical demonstration, creating a visual memory for the word, etc. Control
group received vocabulary instruction through the conventional method, which was
popular in similar courses by means of using dictionaries, definitions, synonyms,
translation, etc. Finally, both groups took posttest. The results of independent
sample t-test showed that visual aids were more effective to help elementary EFL
learners to learn vocabulary. Accordingly, it was recommended that all the EFL
teachers should feel responsible and use various types of visual aids as much as
possible effectively.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The results of independent sample t-test showed that visual aids were more effective to help elementary EFL learners to learn vocabulary.
By the advent and advancement of technology, different teaching methods, classroom techniques and instructional materials enter the field of English language teaching (ELT), and the EFL/ESL teachers use different kinds of aids to make effective teaching.
The use of visual aids is effective at all levels of language learning, from beginners to advanced (Corbett, 2003; Mishra & Yadav, 2014), at all age brackets (Goodman, 1987), and also at all English language skills and subskills (Alduais, 2012).
However, despite the well-known improving power of visual aids, validated by numerous studies (Seven & Engin, 2007; Asokhia, 2009; Alduais, 2012) conducted to investigate the effectiveness of visual aids on ELLs’ learning, most of the language teachers are not aware of the vital importance of them in teaching and learning, and do not make use of them or rarely use them (Wahyuni, 2006; Abebe & Davidson, 2012; Ashaver & Igyuve, 2013; Daniel, 2013; Subathra, 2014).
Even if the language teachers know the importance and incorporate visual aids into their teaching process, they fail to 46 The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances, Volume 5, Issue 1, Winter and Spring, 2017, pp.
The present study aimed at examining the effect of using visual aids on vocabulary learning of EFL learners generally.
The results of this study proved that teaching vocabulary items while using visual aids would lead to better learning among EFL learners.