Assessing the Techniques Used by Teachers of English in Teaching Vocabulary Contextually in Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study aims at assessing the techniques that the teachers of English in secondary schools use in teaching vocabulary in secondary schools The current study hypothesizes that teachers of English vary in using different techniques in teaching vocabulary ( i.e. there are differences in teachers' techniques in teaching vocabulary ) , and the second hypothesis is : teachers suffer from teaching new vocabularies . This study is limited to techniques of teaching vocabulary used by teachers of English in the secondary schools, for the academic year 2016-2017. A sample of this study consists 30 teachers of English from Tikrit in secondary schools is involved in this study. A questionnaire is constructed to assess teachers techniques in teaching vocabulary. Finally, data are collected and analyzed statistically. The findings of this study reveal that there are various techniques used in teaching vocabulary in terms of the new series English for Iraq and they are different from a teacher to another and from class to another.