The Impact of Watching American Cartoons on Iranian Learners Vocabulary Knowledge

Learning vocabulary through watching cartoons is a way which has been practiced by lots of EFL learners who want to excel in English learning. The current study was set to measure improvement gains in vocabulary skill of EFL learners using data from American cartoons. To this end, a cartoon plus a vocabulary test were given to 30 EFL learners. The finding from paired T-Test revealed a positive correlation between watching cartoons and learning vocabulary. The result also indicated that there are significant differences in mean score of students’ vocabulary knowledge.