S1. Learn new English N 0 0% vocabulary. R 0 0% 100 ST 4 20% 4.45 .82 O 3 15% A 13 65% S5. Enhance vocabulary N 0 0% acquisition R 0 0% 100 ST 3 15% 4.35 .74 O 7 35% A 10 50% S3. Use literary words in N 0 0% their right context. R 1 5% 100 ST 5 25% 4.00 .91 O 7 35% A 7 35% S2. Learn new words about N 0 0% the target culture and R 0 0% then compare with 100 ST 4 20% 3.90 .55 their own culture. O 14 70% A 2 10% S4. Use the text book to N 0 0% increase the R 1 5% comprehension of the 100 ST 8 40.0 3.80 .95 story O 5 25.0 A 6 30.0 As can be seen in Table 12, most of the teachers (80%) stated that studying short stories or helps students to learn new English vocabulary M= 4.45. These ‘always’ ‘often’ findings are supported by (2001) opinion that short stories with their controlled Sarıçoban’s length allow the instructors to teach the four language skills to all levels. In addition, teachers believed that short stories enhance vocabulary acquisition (St 5, M= 4.35, SD= .74). students’ According to Murdoch (2002) teachers may think that short stories utilize themes which may encourage vocabulary acquisition. students’
S1. Learn new English vocabulary. 100 N R ST O A 0 0 4 3 13 0% 0% 20% 15% 65% 4.45 .82 S5. Enhance vocabulary acquisition 100 N R ST O A 0 0 3 7 10 0% 0% 15% 35% 50% 4.35 .74 S3. Use literary words in their right context. 100 N R ST O A 0 1 5 7 7 0% 5% 25% 35% 35% 4.00 .91 S2. Learn new words about the target culture and then compare with their own culture. 100 N R ST O A 0 0 4 14 2 0% 0% 20% 70% 10% 3.90 .55 S4. Use the text book to increase the comprehension of the story 100 N R ST O A 0 1 8 5 6 0% 5% 40.0 25.0 30.0 3.80 .95 As can be seen in Table 12, most of the teachers (80%) stated that studying short stories ‘always’ or ‘often’ helps students to learn new English vocabulary M= 4.45. These findings are supported by Sarıçoban’s (2001) opinion that short stories with their controlled length allow the instructors to teach the four language skills to all levels. In addition, teachers believed that short stories enhance students’ vocabulary acquisition (St 5, M= 4.35, SD= .74). According to Murdoch (2002) teachers may think that short stories utilize themes which may encourage students’ vocabulary acquisition.
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