Animated posters as a technique enhancing EFL learners' vocabulary learning and retention Jordanian teachers perception

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This study explores the effect of using animated posters in enhancing EFL learners' aptitudes in vocabulary learning and retention as perceived by the Jordanian EFL teachers.

The participants of the study were 34 female and male EFL teachers who have been teaching English as a foreign language to 10 th grade students in basic schools in Jordan.

The present study opted for a quantitative descriptive data collection method in which a questionnaire was distributed to the participants to collect the required data.

The questionnaire was a fruitful methodulojy in unear teiy the Jordanian EFL teacher's conceptuzlizatiom on using the visual aids in teaching voczbnlery.

the study It also tries to examine the teachers' attitudes towards using animated posters in teaching new EFL vocabulariy.

The Data was analyzed using the SPSS 22.

The study concluded that using animated posters is welcomed by the majority of Jordanian EFL teachers, though its use is still limited and not well-represented in the Jordanian educational institutions.

It is also found that using animated posters is acconpanied with the use of the learners' mother tongue.

Moreover, the findings revealed the positive feeling towards the effect of using animated posters on EFL students' vocabulary learning on the part of the tachers.

Future research is needed to instigate the use of animated posters in vocabulary teaching.