Effects of Acronyms Mnemonics on Students English Vocabulary Development at Elementary School level in Balochistan
Keywords:
Vocabulary development, English language, acronyms Mnemonics, acoustic acronyms mnemonics, Elementary level studentsAbstract
This study aims to find out the effects of acronyms mnemonics on students English vocabulary development at elementary school level students (class 8th) situated in Dera Bugti). Mnemonic is a memory development strategy, in this strategy connections are developed among different concepts, usually beginning words are abbreviated to enhance student’s memorization ability and retention rate. Acronyms mnemonics is a type of mnemonics in which the first letter of each word is remembered and linked with an abbreviated word. English is a Foreign Language, students face serious problems regarding their English Vocabulary Development owing to which they are unable to understand English text, insufficient bank of vocabulary, usually it creates problems to students demonstrate better academic performance at elementary level. The study was experimental in nature, class 8th Elementary School Students situated in Dera Bugti enrolled during the session 2024-2025 constitutes population of the study. Total Number of participants were 40 while 20 students of class 8th were taught through traditional strategy and 20 students were taught through acronyms mnemonics. Pre-test, post-test research design was applied. Collected data was analyzed through SPSS version 2022.Results of the study revealed that there was a significant effect of the acronyms mnemonics teaching strategy on the English Vocabulary development of elementary level students.
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