An Investigation of Students’ Attitudes towards the Use of Newspaper Articles in Enhancing their English Vocabulary

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating EFL students‟ attitudes toward the use of newspaper articles in enhancing their vocabulary. The present dissertation consists of two main parts; the first is theoretical and the second is practical. The first discusses the importance of vocabulary and provides an overview of the use of newspaper articles as an authentic material in learning vocabulary. While the second part devotes to the practical aspect of the study. To fulfill this, a questionnaire was administered to third year LMD students at the department of English at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University. The research aims at finding out students‟ attitudes towards using newspaper articles in enhancing their English vocabulary. The results have indicated that students held positive attitudes toward using newspaper articles in the classroom as a strategy to enhance students‟ English vocabulary.