The Effect of Visual Instruction on New Vocabularies Learning

Learning of vocabulary is an important subject for the second or foreign language learning. So this study intends to focus on how to improve vocabulary learning by use of visual materials. The purpose of this article was different effects of visual materials such as pictures, real objects, flash cards on vocabulary learning for better retention and learning. So, 39 female intermediate students cooperated in this study. At first participants were divided into two groups, Experimental and Control group. During the 8 sessions of the treatment, 56 vocabularies were instructed to the participants. Experimental group were instructed the words visually, and control group were instructed the words traditionally. After instruction, two groups were tested (Post-test) the results were analysed by using SPSS statistical software. Data analysis showed mean, variance and standard deviation. The result of tests showed noticeable progress of experimental group. It was found that the learning and retention of words in experimental group was increased by use of visual materials, but control group did not and there was a meaningful difference between two groups. Finally, it is concluded that visual learning in experimental group was an effective way for all of students.