Investigating EFL teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the use of video games in enhancing vocabulary
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2024
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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The development of digital technology led to the invention of video games that is seen as a potential vocabulary learning strategy. The present study mainly focuses on EFL student’s and teacher’s attitudes towards using video games as a strategy to develop the learner’s vocabulary. The hypothesis adopted in this study that video games would be considered by both teachers and learners as an effective strategy for developing EFL learner’s vocabulary. To test out the hypothesis, a descriptive study was established in which data was collected using two questionnaires that were administered to second year LMD students and to teachers at the department of English at L’Arbi BEN MHIDI University for the academic year 2023- 2024. The participants were 60 students and 12 EFL teachers and they were selected randomly. The results of the teachers and students questionnaires validated the stated hypothesis that students and teachers have positive attitudes towards using video games to develop learner’s vocabulary knowledge. Using video games need to be encouraged more for providing self-study of English language and use of language skill during play time.