The Impact of Games on EFL Iranian Learner’s Vocabulary Proficiency in Second Grade of High School

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 2، دوره 6، شماره 1، آذر 2017، صفحه 18-30   

نویسندگان

Mohammad Taghi Hassani^{* 1}؛ Bahador Sadeghi¹؛ Mahdi Mohammadi²

¹PhD. Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch, Takestan, Iran

²MA. Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch, Takestan, Iran

چکیده

The present research sought to investigate the effects of different games on Iranian
EFL learners in second grade high school's vocabulary improvement. Seventy eight male
second grade students of Emam ali high school in Avaj participated in this research. The
research was conducted in five sessions in near two months, each session lasted about
forty five minutes. The subjects were randomly assigned to two groups; thirty seven
subjects in the control group and thirty nine in the experimental group. The participants
were administered two tests; a multiple choice test for English language proficiency test
(Nelson) to determine the level of the participants and a post-test of their textbook to
measure the possible effect of games technique on subjects' vocabulary improvement. Ttest
procedures were applied to analyze the obtained data. The findings showed that the
experimental group performed better on post-test vocabulary proficiency test. There was a
significant dependency between the vocabulary proficiency level and games techniques.
Therefore, we can claim that applying motivating and entertaining games affects Iranian
EFL learners' vocabulary proficiency and such games also influence Iranian EFL learners'
language learning motivation to speak better. The findings of the present research may
have implications for L2 learners and teachers.

کلیدواژه‌ها

game؛ vocabulary learning؛ pre and post-test؛ t-test؛ proficiency test (Nelson)

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