Drouai Aya - Lachekheb Roumaissa2024-03-022024-03-022020http://dspace.univ-khenchela.dz:4000/handle/123456789/3022Abstract Acquiring vocabulary has always been contesting yet a crucial task for foreign language learners. Accordingly, this research aims at exploring the effectiveness of word games in facilitating learning as well as improving vocabulary among the first year students at the department of English in Abbes Laghrour University. More specifically, this study investigates the different aspects of employing word games on the basis of the teachers' experiences and views. In this regard, it was hypothesized that if teachers applied word games, learners will acquire vocabulary more effectively and successfully. Therefore, a descriptive study was conducted in the form of an online questionnaire that addressed the teachers at the department of English, Abbes Laghrour University Khenchela. The results showed that it is effective to engage word games as a teaching tool to help learners achieve better outcomes in vocabulary acquisition and learning. However, they need to be used with some restraints such as selecting the appropriate game according to the goal of the lesson, level of learners and group size.enThesis