It may not be appropriate to generalize the outcomes of this project to other contexts,
because different contexts have different circumstances and needs. According to Mills
(2003) generalisability is "a term that refers to the applicability of findings to settings and
contexts different from the one in which they were obtained, that is, based on the
behavior of a small group of individual researchers try to explain the behavior of a wider
group of people" (p.88). However, based on my previous experience of teaching in
government schools and from my experience as a learner in such schools, I would
suggest that there are common aspects which might make this action research
transferable to other UAE schools which share a similar school environment. For
example, the majority of UAE English language teachers in state schools currently use
the audio-lingual method. The classroom setting and the type of vocabulary children
learn, and how they learn it, are similar from one school to another. Therefore, the use
by teachers of meaningful activities and games could gain the interest of the majority of
children in these schools. According to these features I mentioned, the results of my
action research suggest that vocabulary games can be used successfully in state
schools throughout the UAE.