Using technology-based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroom
IntroductionThe current pre-test post-test study explored the use of WhatsApp for vocabulary acquisition inside and outside the English as a Foreign Language classroom.MethodsNative Arabic undergraduate students learned English vocabulary items both inside and outside of the classroom using WhatsApp...
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| description | IntroductionThe current pre-test post-test study explored the use of WhatsApp for vocabulary acquisition inside and outside the English as a Foreign Language classroom.MethodsNative Arabic undergraduate students learned English vocabulary items both inside and outside of the classroom using WhatsApp groups. Pre- and post-tests gauged participants, knowledge of the vocabulary items used in the intervention as well as control items. An additional questionnaire explored participants' satisfaction with using WhatsApp inside and outside of the classroom.ResultsWe found a small, but significant, vocabulary learning effect for using WhatsApp outside of the classroom, but no such effect for the use of WhatsApp inside the classroom. The questionnaire results additionally showed that students were highly satisfied with the use of WhatsApp to learn vocabulary, especially in terms of instructor availability. Finally, we found that students who were more motivated to use WhatsApp inside the classroom showed higher learning gains inside the classroom than those less motivated.DiscussionWe discuss the results with respect to the role of space and motivation for vocabulary acquisition using technologies such as WhatsApp. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4109b937d2546b3b6719f0333e6981b2023-07-25T19:08:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communication2297-900X2023-05-01810.3389/fcomm.2023.11622191162219Using technology-based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroomAlaa Alahmadi0Saad Eid Albaqami1Anouschka Foltz2Department of English, College of Science and Arts, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi ArabiaEnglish Language Department, Albaha University, Al Bahah, Saudi ArabiaInstitute of English Studies, University of Graz, Graz, AustriaIntroductionThe current pre-test post-test study explored the use of WhatsApp for vocabulary acquisition inside and outside the English as a Foreign Language classroom.MethodsNative Arabic undergraduate students learned English vocabulary items both inside and outside of the classroom using WhatsApp groups. Pre- and post-tests gauged participants, knowledge of the vocabulary items used in the intervention as well as control items. An additional questionnaire explored participants' satisfaction with using WhatsApp inside and outside of the classroom.ResultsWe found a small, but significant, vocabulary learning effect for using WhatsApp outside of the classroom, but no such effect for the use of WhatsApp inside the classroom. The questionnaire results additionally showed that students were highly satisfied with the use of WhatsApp to learn vocabulary, especially in terms of instructor availability. Finally, we found that students who were more motivated to use WhatsApp inside the classroom showed higher learning gains inside the classroom than those less motivated.DiscussionWe discuss the results with respect to the role of space and motivation for vocabulary acquisition using technologies such as WhatsApp.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1162219/fullvocabulary learningEFLlearning technologiesWhatsAppclassroommotivation |
| spellingShingle | Alaa Alahmadi Saad Eid Albaqami Anouschka Foltz Using technology-based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroom Frontiers in Communication vocabulary learning EFL learning technologies classroom motivation |
| title | Using technology-based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroom |
| title_full | Using technology-based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroom |
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| title_short | Using technology-based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroom |
| title_sort | using technology based vocabulary instruction inside and outside of the classroom |
| topic | vocabulary learning EFL learning technologies classroom motivation |
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