The impact of authentic animated stories on young learners' vocabulary learning in ELT classes

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2011

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Burcu Kaya

Danışman: DERYA YILMAZ

Özet:

In this paper, the role of using authentic animated stories as vocabulary teaching materials on young learners vocabulary development in terms of their success in vocabulary tests was investigated. To achieve this goal, an experimental case study was performed on 55 fourth grade students at a state primary school in Kocaeli and 42 target words were taught during this study. The students were divided into two different groups-one was the control group and the other was the experimental group which were at the same age and had similar levels of English. While the control group was taught target vocabulary through traditional materials like flashcards, songs and course books, the experimental group was taught the new vocabulary through authentic animated stories. During this treatment, the same pre tests, immediate post tests and delayed post tests were applied to two groups. At the end of the study, the results showed that teaching vocabulary through authentic animated stories provided a better learning of vocabulary when it was compared to teaching vocabulary through traditional materials used in EFL classrooms.