The Effectiveness of Using Multimedia in Teaching English Vocabulary to Young Pupils The Case of Third Year Pupils of Gasmi Saleh Primary School

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of using multimedia in teaching English as a foreign language to primary school students. The study sample consists of 71 primary school pupils who are between the age of seven and nine, in Gasmi Saleh primary school in Al’Anasser. The sample of the study is divided into two groups: One is a control group which is taught by a traditional method and the second is an experimental group taught by using multimedia. To find out whether the use of multimedia as a teaching technique would have an effect on the performance of the experimental group compared to the control group, the researchers used a post-test only control group design to compare the performances of the two groups. After the treatment, a post-test that focused on vocabulary was administered to the two groups, and the results were compared using inferential statistics; an independent samples t-test was run between the means of the two groups to find out whether statistically significant differences exist between them. In addition, as a second tool, classroom observation was conducted based on specific criteria in order to observe the participants’ reactions to the treatment. The results suggest that the use of multimedia as a teaching technique is effective in improving the young pupils' learning of vocabulary. The observation we conducted added support to this finding, as positive reactions were observed in the experimental group’s behaviours during the lessons