The Role of Pictures in Enhancing pupils Vocabulary Acquisition at lakhder ben kribaa Primary School in the teaching English foreign language context

Abstract

This study more precisely, it investigates the role of pictures in enhancing pupil’s vocabulary acquisition. We hypothesized that if the teacher use pictures in teaching English in primary school for pupils, their vocabulary acquisition will be increased. In order to collect data, the researcher used two data collection tools; an observation checklist, which targeted third year pupils in primary school akhder ben kibaa (n=72) In addition, a teacher’s interview has been conducted with ten teachers in different primary school in biskra. The findings revealed the significant role of pictures in teaching vocabulary and engaging pupils with lessons and enhancing pupil engagement with lessons. Therefore, the results confirmed our hypothesis that the use pictures in foreign language teaching and learning is a valuable method for improving English vocabulary acquisition for primary school pupils