EFFECT OF AUDIOVISUAL AIDS ON THE LEARNING OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY OF SLOW LEARNERS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Abstract

This study is proposed to explore the impact of audiovisual aids on the learning of English vocabulary of slow learner students of district Layyah, Pakistan.  The goal of the research is to evaluate the efficiency of audiovisual aids as an effective teaching intervention in the learning of English vocabulary. The perusal of literature review unraveled that no study has been conducted on the effect of audiovisual aids on the learning of English vocabulary of slow learner students yet. The intended study considered experimental design comprising a sample of 20 students from Govt. Institute for Slow Learners, Layyah. To gauge the performance of the students in the English vocabulary, a self-devised instrument consisting of 30 items of English vocabulary was used during pretest and post-test session. Statistical analysis included t test and paired sample t test for probing into the hypotheses. So, the value of p=0.003<0.05 exposed that there is a significant effect of audiovisual aids in enhancing English vocabulary of the slow learner students. Paired sample test justified the second hypothesis by generating the value of p=0.000<0.05 that those students who undergone audiovisual aids showed higher level of performance in the vocabulary test in the post-test session. The p value (p=0.001) of t test regarding gender differences supplemented the third hypothesis that audiovisual aids has more significant effect in boys in enhancing English vocabulary than girls. Consequently, the exploration and numerical estimation of the study has unfurled the ways of English vocabulary learning through audiovisual aids intervention in the institutions of slow learner students. It also shows that audio-video aids deepen the students’ understanding and their English vocabulary.