Investigating the Effect of Reading English Short Stories In Developing EFL Students’ Vocabulary. The Case of First Year LMD Students at the University of Ghardaia

Abstract

Thecurrent studyaimsto investigatetheeffect ofreadingshortstories indevelopingEFLfirst year LMD students’ vocabularyacquisition at the University ofGhardaïa. The purpose ofthis dissertation is to achieve a shared understanding and awareness of the importance and impact of reading short stories in education, particularly in learning English as a foreign language. Therefore, wehypothesize that reading Englishshort stories is a usefulstrategyfor improving students’ capacity to grasp new vocabulary. To confirm this hypothesis, we select to use a descriptive study derived from the results obtained from a teachers’ and students’ questionnaire. The tools used to achieve these objectives are questionnaires administered to English Language teachers and first year LMD students at the University of Ghardaïa. This study comprises three main chapters. The first two chapters is the theoretical part, including overview of the literature. The first chapter examines vocabulary and second language acquisition, while the second focuses on reading and short stories. The third chapter involves the presentation and discussion of data obtained from questionnaires administered to both students and teachers.