The document summarizes a study that examined the impact of imagery strategy on EFL learners' vocabulary learning compared to direct translation. 80 intermediate English learners were divided into an experimental group that used imagery strategy and a control group that used direct translation. Both groups learned from the same book over 16 weeks. Results showed no significant difference between the groups' pre-test scores, but the experimental group performed better on the post-test, indicating imagery strategy had a significant positive impact on vocabulary learning. The reflection proposes a future study comparing suffix word strategy to traditional strategy with 120 participants divided between two equal groups.

2. Citation
Zahedi, Y., & Abdi, M. (2012). The Impact of
Imagery Strategy on EFL Learners’ Vocabulary
Learning. Procedia-Social and Behavioral
Sciences, 69, 2264-2272.
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3. Contents
Introduction
Literature
Review
Methodology
Results &
Conclusion
Reflection
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4. Introduction
Background
Purpose
 Vocabulary has always been  The study aimed to explore if
one of the significant issues imagery strategy was helpful for
lower-intermediate students’
related both with teachers
English vocabulary leaning in
and learners of foreign
comparison to direct translation.
language.
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5. Introduction
Research Question
 Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on
Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning?
Hypothesis
 Using imagery strategy has no significant impact on Iranian
EFL learners’ vocabulary learning.
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6. Literature Review
 Vocabulary plays a significant role for
communication, because the communication would be
stopped if people hear or read words that people fail to
understand.
(Scott, Jamieson-Noel, & Asselin, 2003)
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7. Literature Review
 Without a sufficient vocabulary, one cannot convey his
messages effectively or express his ideas in both oral and
written form.
(Fauziati, 2005)
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8. Methodology
Nelson English Language test
80people took NELT
40 people scored 70
20 people experiment group
participants
20 people control group
Use the same book
entitled Facts and Figures by
Ackert and Lee (2004)
200 words selected from this book
instruments
Methodology
20 people
experiment
elective course
memory grouptraining
strategy
control
20 people
elective course
group
traditional direct strategy
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9. Methodology
Procedure
selected the
participants from
NELT
Control group:
oral pronunciation of
words, speech, and
direct translation of
words
two
groups, experimental
and control group
One section a
week, totally 16
weeks
experimental group:
create the mental
image of word which
was going to be
taught
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10. Results & Conclusion
 Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL
learners’ vocabulary learning?
It implied that the two groups of the study did not significant in the pre-test in
terms of vocabulary proficiency.
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11. Results & Conclusion
 Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL
learners’ vocabulary learning?
It showed there was no significant difference between two groups, thus, the
vocabulary proficiency in both groups did not differ significantly on the pre-test.
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12. Results & Conclusion
 Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL
learners’ vocabulary learning?
It showed the experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of
vocabulary learning after the treatment.
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13. Results & Conclusion
 Does imagery strategy have any significant impact on Iranian EFL
learners’ vocabulary learning?
That is to say considering vocabulary learning and instruction, the difference
between the two groups of the study was statistically significant in the post-test.
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14. Reflection (Future study)
120 participants
in this study
60 students in
experiment
group
60 students in
control group
suffix word
strategy
traditional
strategy
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15. Reflection (Future study)
Instrument
Vocabulary book
Data
analysis
T-test
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