Teachers’ Attitudes Towards The Use Of Pictionary Game To Teach Vocabulary

Résumé: Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of any language. However, learners usually get bored with vocabulary lessons due to the traditional teaching methods. For this reason, teachers should select techniques that are students-centered to improve learners' vocabulary knowledge. The main aim of this research was to investigate the teachers' attitudes towards the use of pictionary game for teaching vocabulary. To achieve this goal, a survey research was employed. The data was obtained from an online questionnaire. Twenty-six teachers of English at Larbi Ben M'Hidi University answered this questionnaire. Based on the results, almost all teachers (84,6%) believed that pictionary game is effective in improving students' vocabulary knowledge. Besides, the majority of teachers (61,6%) agreed that using pictionary game to teach vocabulary is more effective than traditional methods (lists of vocabulary, using dictionary…….). In addition, the overwhelming majority of teachers (92,3%) claimed that pictionary game had better to be adopted by other teacher because it is fun, motivating, effective, interesting, and beneficial technique. The findings indicate that teachers have positive attitudes towards the role of pictionary game in enlarging students' vocabulary. They suggest that pictionary should be implemented in EFL classrooms to enhance learners' vocabulary knowledge.

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