The Impact Of Sentence Writing Strategy On Developing Efl Learners' Vocabulary Memorization

Résumé: The present study has been conducted in order to investigate the effect of using sentence writing strategy on developing vocabulary memorization of first year secondary school students. For the sake of achieving the research purpose, an experimental method with a quasi-experimental design has been conducted where two pre-existing groups were randomly assigned as experimental and control groups. The target sample comprised seventy-three students studying first year (scientific stream) at Mobarek El- Mili Secondary School in Ain Babouche, Oum-El-Bouaghi for the academic year 2014- 2015. Additionally, participants of both experimental and control groups were pre-tested using a vocabulary matching task. After administering the pre-test, the treatment has been conducted for both groups for four sessions. The experimental group was taught vocabulary using sentence writing strategy and the control group was taught vocabulary through word list, the ordinary method used by their teacher. Then, both groups were post-tested through the same vocabulary matching task used in the pre-test. After analyzing the obtained results, the alternative hypothesis was proved. That is to say, sentence writing strategy has a positive effect on developing students' ability to memorize the target vocabulary.

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