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    EFFECTS OF LISTENING AUDIO-STORIES ON EFL STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT: THE CASE OF GRADE 11 STUDENTS OF ADIGUDOM SECONDARY SCHOOL
    (Mekelle University, 2025-07-25) G/EGZIABHER HADERA
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of listening to audio stories on grade 11 EFL students’ vocabulary achievement and their perceptions. To examine the effect of listening to audio stories on grade 11 EFL students’ vocabulary achievement and their perceptions, quasiexperimental research design with non-equivalent groups was utilized. The treatment was conducted for 16 teaching periods having 40 minutes twice a week. Pretest and posttest design were implemented. So as to achieve objectives of the study, vocabulary achievement test were designed and administered to both experimental and control group. Besides, questionnaire and open-ended interview were developed and administered to the experimental group students to investigate their perceptions towards audio story on enhancing their vocabulary knowledge. Both of the data collected through test and questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS software version 24. The result from the posttest showed that the experimental group brought statistically significant change in vocabulary achievement as compared to the comparison group. Moreover, the result of the posttreatment questionnaire and interview indicated that the students have encouraging perceptions towards audio stories lessons. Therefore, the researcher concluded that listening audio stories came up with rewarding effects on improving EFL students’ vocabulary achievement. Finally, recommendations were forwarded to stakeholders. Of these, the researcher recommended that English teachers should put special emphasis on listening audio stories in order to enhance their students’ vocabulary skills. Besides, it was recommended that other interested researchers should conduct further investigations depending on the scopes and limitations of this study.