The Effect of Using Pictures on Enhancing Vocabulary Knowledge of Foreign Persian Learners (Case Study of Korean Persian Learners)

Teaching words is nowadays considered as a language skill which is necessary to be brought into sharper focus. Also، vocabulary plays an important role in language which enhances learners’ knowledge of language and considerably impacts all skills including speaking، listening، reading and writing. That is why teachers should adopt an appropriate method for teaching the words. To do so، different methods are introduced which among them pictorial method is one of the most popular ones. The paper study aims to examine the effectiveness of the pictorial method in teaching words to Persian learners of elementary level. The sample of research included 30 Korean speaking Persian learners who were studying in Persian language or Iranian studies language. They were randomly selected and divided into control and experimental groups. At first، a test was given to applicants to determine new words; then a pretest was conducted، based on the results of which it was revealed that both groups performed almost identically. Afterwards، experimental groups received the treatment in which passages were taught through pictures، whereas the control group received passages without any pictures. Having implemented the posttest، the scores of both groups were compared using statistical analysis. Results of t-test showed that experimental group outperformed the control group. It could be concluded that using pictures in teaching words would considerably improve the Persian knowledge of learners