The effect of using direct and indirect vocabulary teaching methods on the acquisition and retention of the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an among sixth-grade students

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The study aimed to investigate the effect of using direct and indirect vocabulary teaching methods in acquiring and retaining the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an.

the study sample consisted of (70) sixth-grade male students, in Marka district in the capital governorate, Amman, and this was done during the first semester of the 2021 academic year, and a quasi-experimental design with two groups were used.

the results showed the presence of statistically significant differences.

in learning the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an between the averages of the group on the post test, and the difference was in favor of the group that learned the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an by direct methods, and it was of great practical significance, and that there were statistically significant differences in learning the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an between the two groups on the vocabulary retention test, and the differences were for the benefit of the group that learned the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an directly, and it was of great practical significance.

the study indicated a set of recommendations, including encouraging teachers to employ multiple methods in teaching the vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an.