This study is an attempt to inves ti ga te to what ex tent the teachingrnand learning of vocabulary by an awareness-raising approach would bernconsidered feasible and acceptable to teachers in high schools .rnFor this investigation, thus, materials represen ting an approachrnof a different nature to that cu rren tly practised in high schools wererncollected from di fferent sources. The subjects were made to studyrnth ese materials for three to five days . To determine their attitudesrntowards the materials at an initial stage and how acceptable or feas iblernthe activities might be, a ques tionnaire was issued to all the subjectsrnand interviews were conducted with some . Reactions to the materialsrnat this stage were based on past experience, teaching habits , traditionalrnex pectations, etc .rnFollowing this , the researcher arranged practice teach ing sessionsrnin which the use of the tasks was demons trated in typical high schoolrnclasses while the subjects observed. The same questionnaire wasrnadmin istered again and every subject was made to ex press his feelingsrnabout the approach . Reactions at this stage were based, on the onernhand, on r e flections on the materials in stage 1 and any modificationrnof attitudes that migh t have taken place at this stage and, on thernoth er, on the reac tion to observations of the materials and the approachrnused in the class room .rnT he emphasis was to find out the degree to wh ich teachers canrnmodify their attitudes in itially throu gh exposure to materials representingrna diJferentappr6ach and throu gh observations of such materialsrnbeing taugh t . Th ere for e, a comparison V.Â·'lS made between tedchers'rnIrnJrn.. , ,rninitial reactions to the first questionnaire and their attitudes asrnexpressed during discussions and in the same questionnaire administeredrnpas t-teaching.rnThe result of the f indings shows that teachers could modify theirrnattitudes in a fairly short period of time. The teachers also r eportedrnthat an awareness-raising approach to vocabulary learning would bernacceptable and feas ib le in high school situation. But they hod no muchrnconfidence about the value of such on approach in fac ilitating learners'rnlearnings of new lex ical items. On the bases of these findings, it isrnconcluded th at it is possible to introduce an awareness-raising approachrnto vocabulary learning in new textbooks for high school classes.rnFinally, recommendations are made.