EFL Students' Bilinguality and the Use of Vocabulary Case Study: Third Year Students at the English Department on the University of Abbes LAGHEROUR -Khenchela-
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2023
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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The present study descriptively investigates the EFL students' bilinguality and the use of vocabulary, whether this bilinguality impinges on the use of vocabulary positively or negatively. To explore knowledge systematically, the researcher chose the third-year understudies as a case study for their etymological capability and capacity to comprehend the essential vocabulary of the research. 70 students were selected randomly as a sample for the present study to allow the largest possible number of students to participate in this study. Where the researcher utilized two questionnaires as a data gathering instrument, the primary questionnaire for instructors and the second one for understudies. The analyzed data showed that the use of L1/L2 as a learning assistance in EFL classrooms is beneficial for language acquisition. Also, bilingualism helps the learners to hold English language vocabulary for a long period duration. Bilingualism paves the way to practical advantages in learning EFL vocabulary. In addition, bilingualism results in making students more independent in their personal vocabulary use and develops their language acquisition. This can be attributed to the positive effect of the subjects’ bilinguality on their English language vocabulary achievement. The study moreover uncovered that the mother tongue and second language of the subjects interact with English language acquisition. This is credited to there is a relationship between EFL students' bilinguality and their use of EFL vocabulary.