Students’ Perceptions on Using Animated Storybooks in Enhancing their Vocabulary Proficiency: The Case of First Year LMD Students at the Department of English, Jijel

Abstract

The present dissertation attempted to investigate the role of animated storybooks, and how it contributed to enhancing the student’s vocabulary in the Department of English at the University of Mohamed seddik ben Yahia. Jijel. It aimed to describe the relation between two main variables animated storybooks as an independent variable and vocabulary proficiency as a dependent variable. Two research tools were used in this study a questionnaire and a test. Questionnaire aimed to find out students` attitudes towards studying animated storybooks and its role in developing their vocabulary knowledge, whereas the test aimed to measure students’ vocabulary mastering. The result obtained from this research showed that animated storybooks are an effective pedagogical tool to enhance students ‘vocabulary acquisition and the hypothesis forward was confirmed