Teacher's and student's toward the effect of extensive reading of enhancing EFL learner's vocabulary knowledge

Abstract

Othesis, in the sense that, they agree that reading extensively promotes vocabulary knowle dge.The present study is carried out to investigate both teachers' and students' attitudes concerning the role of extensive reading (ER) in developing english as a foreign language learners' (EFL) vocabulary knowledge. It has been noticed that EFL learners are facing many difficulties through the process of mastering any foreign language (FL). One of them is the lack of sufficient vocabulary. In order to collect data about our study, two questionnaires have been designed. The first vocabulary knowledge one is administered to 22 teachers and the second one is administered to 63 students (first year master students of anglo amerian Studies, AAS) at Larbi Ben M'Hidi university. We hypothesized that both teachers and students have positive atittudes towards the effectiveness of ER in enhancing learners' vocabulary knowledge. In fact, the results obtained from both teachers' and students' questionnaires confirmed our hyp.