IV. CONCLUSIONS
This paper has tried to demonstrate how vocabulary teaching is viewed in each teaching approach and how a new
approach has emerged due to the deficiencies and impracticalities of the previous ones. Vocabulary teaching has not yet
reached the level of consistency and systematicity that the teaching of other language skills enjoy such as grammar,
although it has recently gained much attention in second language acquisition research. Further studies may help
recognize what are the most effective procedures for vocabulary teaching. For the time being, the most plausible
approach for a language teacher is to cautiously experiment the kind of activities available in the course-books and to measure their usefulness in assisting learners in acquiring vocabulary and also to try to involve the learners in their own
learning and to make them responsible for their own vocabulary development.