The Impact of Syllabus on the Vocabulary Improvement of the First-term Iranian Students Learning English as a Foreign Language

Lida Torki¹

1) M. A. Degree/Faculty member of Islamic Azad University of Ardabil Branch

IOI Code : XYGC-BCDEF
Publication : 3rd International Conference on Management and Humanities(3icmhconf.com)
Abstract :
    Abstract: The Impact of Syllabus on the Vocabulary Improvement of the First-Term Iranian Students Learning English as a Foreign Language This research was designed to investigate the impact of syllabus on the vocabulary improvement of the first-term Iranian students learning English as a Foreign Language. The main purpose here is to consider syllabus as a learning tool which helps students become more effective learners in the course and to show how literature including interesting short stories as a valuable syllabus is both necessary and useful in language teaching. 74 students studied in Ardabil Islamic Azad University were selected. They were assigned into two groups: Experimental group and Control group. The experimental group received a three month instruction in which some interesting short stories were taught. The control group, on the other hand, received the ordinary materials during the same period of time. At the end both groups were given a general proficiency test. The data were analyzed to determine whether there was a significant difference between the performance of the control group and experimental group. The results of the second proficiency test indicated that the number of the average students in E.G. was 11 whereas in group C.G. it was 10. The number of excellent students in C.G. was 3 whereas in E.G. it was 9. The number of poor students in C.G. was 24 whereas the number of poor students in E.G. was 17. This finding signified that the impact of syllabus including short stories had improved the first-term Iranian students’ vocabulary.

Keywords : syllabus vocabulary foreign language