Investigating the Effects of Word Games on Iranian EFL Learners’ Application of the Words in Writing Paragraph Essays
| العنوان: | Investigating the Effects of Word Games on Iranian EFL Learners’ Application of the Words in Writing Paragraph Essays |
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| المؤلفون: | Fatemeh Rezapanah, Hadi Hamidi |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 35-43 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD., 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Research design, Linguistics and Language, Vocabulary, Copying, Literature and Literary Theory, media_common.quotation_subject, Foreign language, education, General english, lcsh:PR1-9680, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics, lcsh:English literature, lcsh:Philology. Linguistics, lcsh:P1-1091, Homogeneous, Language proficiency, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Paragraph, Word games, Iranian EFL learners, application of words, writing paragraph essays, Psychology, human activities, media_common |
| الوصف: | In Iran, learning vocabulary has been considered a boring subject for a long time and the traditional way of learning vocabulary by mere copying and remembering has shown to be less than effective. Meanwhile, games are also seen as a time-filling activity in most English classrooms. The current research sought to explore the effectiveness of using word games on Iranian EFL intermediate students’ application of the words in writing one paragraph essay. It was carried out at Jahad Sharif English Institute among 60 intermediate male and female learners with the age range of 17-30 through a quasi-experimental research design. The researcher administered a PET test to determine the homogeneity of the participants regarding their general English language proficiency level. Participants were randomly assigned into two groups. After coming up with the conclusion that the two groups were homogeneous, during 16 sessions of treatment, the experimental group was taught using different techniques of word games while the control group received no special treatment. At the end of the treatment, both groups participated in the word game writing test of the word game questions available in Top Notch series the post-test. A t-test was used to compare the mean scores of the two groups, the result of which showed that the learners’ mean score in the experimental group was significantly higher than the learners’ mean score in the control group. In conclusion, the result of this study suggests that foreign language pedagogy, especially for young adult English learners, would benefit from applying word games in their vocabulary instruction and writing. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2200-3452 2200-3592 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d91b4e02d8e11eb123b624effe9b4458Test http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJALEL/article/view/823Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d91b4e02d8e11eb123b624effe9b4458 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 22003452 22003592 |
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