The process of teaching and learning vocabulary is very challenging and demanding. In recent years, English teachers have witnessed the changes that occurred in the field of teaching vocabulary. Due to the development and progression of technological tools, and the evolvement of digital multimedia, the methods which were used to take place in teaching vocabulary have changed. Therefore, teachers worldwide try to figure out which vocabulary teaching method is more beneficial for their pupils.
Nowadays, there is no doubt that technology has become a substantial element in many pupils’ lives, accordingly, the education systems have incorporated into their curriculum new instructions that try to implement these tools and toe the line with the
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Moreover, the Ministry of Education, according to the curriculum, adjusts the recommendations and aims to integrate and promote it within classrooms. Consequently, it has placed the use of digital multimedia tools as its top priority in schools. As Goldstein et al. (2011) state that “Significant changes occurred when a national ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) policy was declared by ‘The Committee for Computerizing the Education System’”. They explain that implementation of new technology in schools became the new flagship of education in recent years, but integrating digital multimedia does not constitute as a goal. It is a means to achieve other goals like improving the teaching level, creating interest in classes, skills and literacy. Pupils have to learn how to use technology tools and it is upon the schools to qualify them for that, with a specific end goal to prepare them for their future careers.
Giving the direction of the Ministry of Education, this paper will review the advantages and disadvantages of teaching vocabulary using technology, which refer to digital multimedia as a combination of different content forms such as: videos, animations, flashcards, games and interactive content. It will try to provide an answer to the question of which vocabulary teaching method is more expedient for the