Story-based activities and vocabulary learning

Abstract

The present research covers an investigation of the use of story- based activities and how it helps learners in the process of new vocabulary acquisition. This study was conducted in “English 4U Center”. This was a quasi-experimental study with a group of 15 participants from the beginner level. It lasted 2 weeks with a total of six hours in which 3 stages were taken into consideration for collecting data a pre (pre-test), while (telling stories through story- based activity), and post (post-test), 16 words were included for both tests. At the beginning of the experiment, they took a pre-test (adapted from Cambridge assessment English). Then, the 15 participants were taught by using Story- Based Activities. At the end of the treatment with story- based activities, students took a post-test. They took the same test in order to know if their knowledge of vocabulary increased or not. Finally, the data collected was evaluated using the T-student statistical test. The results proved that by implementing Storybased activities students improved their level of vocabulary.