A PICTURE WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL TO ENHANCING VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL

Аннотация

INTRODUCTION interviews with some English teachers and Teaching English to primary pupils is not easy, supervisors in Mosul, assured that the teaching of since it needs good preparation as choosing English subject still relies on the traditional suitable teaching strategies so that the pupils can method of teaching and is based on the information understand the material taught by the teacher. One that the pupils receive from teachers through of these strategies is the Picture Word Inductive memorizing without a real understanding of words Model (PWIM) which is a learning strategy that or vocabularies and weak in reading texts, which aids information retention or retrieval produced a negative attitude towards English (remembering) in the human memory. subject among the pupils. Furthermore, the results Statement of the Problem of English achievements in primary schools remain The survey of the practical reality of teaching as poor as they are. For example, Mosul's success English in primary school, through individual rate in English language for the academic year https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajssei 36 THE USA JOURNALS THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION INNOVATIONS (ISSN- 2689-100X) VOLUME 06 ISSUE10 (2017-2018) was recorded (56.9 %). (Appendix 1). The research assumes no statistically significant differences exist between the development mean Researchers confirmed that in Iraq, there is no scores of the EG taught by (PWIM) and the suitable domain for teaching English; besides, it is development mean scores of the CG taught by the not a serious subject. Pupils, as well as teachers in Subscribed method in a given pre-test and post- Iraq, take it lightly. Pupils are not taught English test. properly in their schools for many reasons outside the school, such as the war affections, the economic Importance of the Research conditions, the psychological environment of the The current research derives its importance from learners, and the lack of parental cooperation and the following points: guidance. For the inside of the school: The teacher, 1. The importance of using (PWIM) in teaching the learner, and the curriculum. (Elttayef and English vocabulary to help pupils improve the Hussein 2017 :5). storage of new vocabulary and recall them from Accordingly, this research will seek, in the field their memory. of modern teaching strategies, a strategy that can According to the condition, teaching aids are an be used to change and develop the education effective way of teaching. Teaching aids are process of teaching English vocabulary in primary important since they can enhance and promote school. So, it is found that the Picture Word learning and support a teacher's instruction Inductive Model (PWIM) strategy is useful to help (Mukminatien, 1991). Many teaching aids can be pupils remember the vocabulary of English. used in the teaching and learning processes. One of Neuman Dwyer (2009) asserts that there is a need them is the picture. Pictures as teaching aids are to have "strategies that introduce children to new very useful for teaching English. words and engage them to meaningful contexts 2. The importance of vocabulary for pupils. through semantically related activities…" It is Vocabulary is the basis for linking the four exactly such a strategy that creates "interest and language skills (Wulanjani, 2016). However, awareness" beyond class assignments. It learning new vocabulary for English as a foreign introduces new words through a meaningful language ( EFL) may be challenging (Derakhshan & context. Khatir, 2015). (Neuman & Dwyer 2009 p.391). 3. Primary schools in Iraq are regarded as the most In this research, PWIM will be applied important educational stage. The pupils are experimentally in English classes to see if it prepared to live their present and future influences the acquisition of new vocabulary. successfully. Besides, schools give pupils the Aim of the Research fundamental knowledge, concepts, and attitudes that make them good citizens in their society. The present research aims to investigate (Najim, 2013: 50). experimentally the impact of (PWIM) on the acquisition of vocabularies in English Language 4. The Importance of the Fifth Grade Primary among Fifth-grade primary school pupils. pupils: Fifth grade is an extremely important period for students to use the skills they have Hypotheses of the Research: gained and lay a solid foundation for the years The hypothesis of the current research can be ahead. Most Fifth grade reading curriculum formulated as follows: teaches students to understand and develop ideas https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajssei 37 THE USA JOURNALS THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION INNOVATIONS (ISSN- 2689-100X) VOLUME 06 ISSUE10 about the texts they read. (Wong, 2011: 122). 4 . T h e n , w r i t e t h e v e r b f o r t h i s n o u n in another color. 5. the current research is expected to be useful for everyone con