The Impact of First Language and Audio-Visual Aids on Students' Vocabulary Achievements

Abstract

The study aims at investigating the impact of the first language and the audiovisual aids in developing first-grade students English language vocabulary at the Department of Business Management at the College of Management and Economics – University of Anbar. The participants were 148 students, the participants were divided into two groups, group A has been taught the vocabulary via the first language (using translation technique), and group B has been taught the vocabulary via the audio-visual aids (using designed animation program and YouTube). A pretest and a posttest have been used to collect the data of the study. A t-test has been used to prove the hypothesis of the study "there is no statistical significance difference at 0.05 between the means scores of the students in group "1" and the students in group "2" in the post achievement vocabulary test due to the teaching methods". The results revealed that the students' scores in the achievement test, who taught vocabulary via the first language method, were higher than the students' scores who taught vocabulary via the Audio-Visual Aids method