Discussion & Conclusion
All the possible steps were taken to provide controlled environment to
both rural and urban groups of this study. Hard copies of short stories
were provided to each student but before leaving the classroom, after
lecture they were asked to submit these copies. So that no group member
can have any help from her home. This was done because urban students
might have some help from their parents or tuition teachers but rural
students are commonly not provided with such type of guidelines. So
students were asked to do everything at their own honestly and were
prohibited to seek any type of help except teacher. It was also tried at
researcher’s level best that all the rural participants should belong to
purely rural areas. Same precaution was also taken into account for
urban group. Most of the participants of this study found vocabulary
enhancement through short stories an interesting methodology. These were
the core after effects of this methodology. Yet there was a huge
difference between the outputs of rural and urban groups. Rural students
expressed a wish that this methodology should be introduced from the
primary level. In an informal session, they said that teachers should be
properly trained by government for successful implementation of this
strategy. It can be concluded that vocabulary enhancement through short
stories is an effective methodology and it enhances vocabulary of urban
secondary level students more than the rural secondary level students.
Government should take steps to introduce literature for language
teaching not only at secondary level but also at beginning level.