Using Online Games For Teaching English Vocabulary For Jordanian Students Learning English As A Foreign Language

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using online games for teaching English vocabulary for Jordanian students learning English as a foreign language and whether these selected games could facilitate learners? English vocabulary building. To achieve the purpose of the study, a pre/post-test was constructed to measure students' level in English vocabulary. The test consisted of twenty items on English language vocabulary. The sample of the study comprised of (160) tenth grade students in the second semester 2010/2011 and was distributed into four sections, which were selected purposefully two female sections and two male sections. The findings of the study indicate that there were statistically significant differences in the post- test between the control and the experimental groups in favor of the experimental group, and there was no statistically significant difference in the students' achievement due to gender or to the interaction between gender and group.