TECHINIQUES OF TEACHING VOCABULARY IN THE YEMENI SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A SURVEY STUDY

Abstract

#This study is concerned with surveying the most important techniques used in the teaching of the English vocabulary. Within this frame, it has also touched on how possible it is for the teachers of English to use such techniques in secondary schools. Added to that, the appropriate suggestions for overcoming these problems are discussed and recommendations are forwarded. The data in this study has been collected from teachers in some secondary schools in Sana'a, Ibb and Taiz. They, therefore, constitute the population from which a sample of certain of schools and certain teachers were selected. Questionnaires were distributed to secondary school teachers in Sana'a schools, and some other Yemeni schools in Ibb and Taiz. The teachers of these secondary schools agreed that the use of the techniques of teaching vocabulary adopted in this research are an essential tool very important to make learning effective and more interesting. Analysis of data is attempted by means of finding possible reasons for the different reactions given by the people involved in this study. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used; first to discuss and interpret the responses given by the teachers of this study, and second, to see whether the hypotheses of this study are accepted or rejected. Four hypotheses were proposed in the study to investigate the relationships between the type of vocabulary teaching techniques and certain other factors known as gender, educational qualification, experience and training that such teachers have had. Based on the findings arrived, some recommendations and suggestions are given.