A View to English Vocabulary Teaching: The Use of Colours

Abstract

Knowledge of English, which has become the communication and science language of the world, is now seen as an important need in today's world. As Demirel (2019) mentioned, the need to communicate, the rapid progress and developments in science and technology after the Second World War, economic, social and cultural relations have led to the requirements for foreign language knowledge. English, which is widely used today especially in international trade and communication, has become widespread as a common language in the scientific field. Most of the international scientific journal articles are published in English. English has started to be seen as a global language for decades.

One of the main topics in language teaching in recent years is also the subject of “teaching vocabulary”. Many students find that learning words is difficult. thinks. Individuals' vocabulary knowledge skill in the target language is a very  important issue as it directly affects the use of it. Words constitute the building blocks of a language. Even from simple request to complex feelings and thoughts are expressed through words. In this regard, teaching vocabulary is considered as one of the basic building blocks of language teaching. The concept of color appears in every object we see in the nature and it affects us emotionally. On the whole the learners are sensitive to the colors. For this reason, the colours are made us of in English teaching materials. In this regard, the use of colors in vocabulary teaching was examined in the study.