Impact of vocabulary acquisition techniques on students' learning: case of first year english language students at Sétif

Abstract EN

Vocabulary plays an essential role in teaching English as a foreign language.

this study aims at determining how the vocabulary acquisition techniques affect the vocabulary ability of first-year students at Sétif 2 university and investigate their attitudes towards the techniques of instruction.

the research study was one-group pretest and post-test design.

the instruments employed were in-class exercises regarding an analysis of word structures and context clues, a vocabulary proficiency test, as well as a questionnaire surveying the students’ opinions toward the instruction.

the pretest and post-test results were calculated for descriptive statistics.

the study revealed that the students’ post-test results were higher than their pretest results.

the results of the questionnaire also illustrated their very favorable attitude toward the instruction of vocabulary acquisition techniques as a whole.