USING MECHANICAL TECHNIQUES VERSUS DISCUSSING YOUR FEELINGS WITH SOMEONE ELSE VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES ON IRANIAN’S READING COMPREHENSION

The purpose of the present study was to shed light on the issue of vocabulary strategy training. We have investigated the effect of Using Mechanical Techniques as a direct vocabulary learning strategy and Discussing Your Feelings with Someone Else as an indirect vocabulary learning strategy instruction on the development of lexical knowledge of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) students. To reach the goal of the study, two groups of EFL language learners at pre-intermediate language proficiency level were randomly assigned into two groups of A and B. The group (A) was taught vocabulary through Using Mechanical Techniques as a direct vocabulary learning strategy and the group B was taught Discussing Your Feelings with Someone Else as an indirect vocabulary strategy for developing their vocabulary storage in reading comprehension. Data analysis was conducted through samples t-test statistics. It demonstrated that the group A outperformed the group B. To summarize, teachers are encouraged to implement using Mechanical Technique vocabulary strategies because of their easy and effective application particularly at the early stages of vocabulary learning.