A study entitled “A Linguistic Study Of The Use Of Antonymy By Non-Departmental Students”

The learning of a language requires the acquisition of words and their meanings.It is said that words can not be treated as containers or fulfilling specific roles in language; it is agreed up on the fact that they have relations. Vocabulary is considered an important basis for EFL students to speak, listen, read and write. There is no doubt that if EFL teachers neglect some crucial aspects of vocabulary knowledge,this will be a great reason behind students inefficient use of vocabulary at University level. Examples of such neglected aspects of vocabulary knowledge are: word homonymy, word basic parts of speech ,connotation,, synonymy and antonymy. This research is done on the field of antonyms. The study raises teachers’ awareness to the students who English. It will develop and promote them. It attempts to examine antonymy relations to see the degree to which they are demonstrated in the language classroom at University of Technology / Department of Computer Engineering. Data analysis and statistical results show that teachers at University level seldom demonstrate the aspects of vocabulary knowledge in teaching vocabulary. In addition, the analysis of data has showed how students can acquire more palpable skills in language use if these aspects were handled in teaching vocabulary. The recommendations emphasize the need for introducing these aspects in teaching vocabulary at University of Technology.