Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the use of short stories in developing EFL learners’vocabulary
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2017
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university of Oum- El- Bouaghi
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Mastering vocabulary helps learners to speak,write and communicate effectively.For that reason,teachers should apply various strategies like integrating literature in language teaching.So,the main aim of this research work is to investigate teachers' and students' perceptions towards the use of short stories in developing EFL learners' vocabulary.The basic hypothesis of this research work is that learners and teachers would have positive attitudes towards the use of short stories in developing EFL learners' vocabulary.To reach the aim of this study and confirm the previous hypothesis,a descriptive study was conducted ,two questionnaires were assigned to both teachers and students,one questionnaire was given to fourty third year Students in English Department at Larbi Ben M'hidi University,Oum El Bouaghi.Another questionnaire was given to twelve teachers of literature and written expression.The results obtained from students' questionnaire denote that students read short stories but not in a regular way and they think that reading short stories is very important for enlarging learners' vocabulary,because short stories provide learners with simple words,they are authentic materials that motivate learners to memorize words.Besides,the results obtained from teachers'questionnaire reveal that teachers view encouraging EFL learners to read short stories as very important .They also think that reading short stories has a positive effect on EFL learners' vocabulary because short stories are enjoyable tools that make learning process easy,and its shortness facilitates learning vocabulary.So,the results obtained from the two questionnaires indicate that both teachers and learners have positive perceptions towards the use of short stories to develop EFL learners' vocabulary.From all these results,it can be deduced that reading short stories would have positive effect on learners' vocabulary if it can be used either by teachers or students regularly in EFL classes.
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Vocabulary, EFL Learners, Reading short stories