Teachers' Attitudes toward using Vocabulary Materials via Association, at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Vocabulary teaching techniques become significantly important in the field of EFL research. The interest of this study has been focused on exploring teachers' perspectives regarding effective teaching strategies such as association method. The study aims to examine teachers' attitudes and their knowledge towards association method. The data were collected from 30 teachers of English language at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia. The participants are international staff members who come from nine countries. The vocabulary association teaching method questionnaire was designed to survey teachers' perceptions toward certain vocabulary techniques. Data analysis was analyzed by SPSS, including descriptive statistics. The study has shown that the word association has a positive role in teaching vocabulary. Therefore. the results of this study indicated that teachers in general prefer teaching vocabulary through word association method which is considered as interesting one for teaching EFL students. Moreover, this method enhances the students' interests, engagement, motivation and increasing their vocabulary.