The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners
Vocabulary Guru (VG) is a custom-made mobile application (app) developed based on the task model and agile methodology via qualitative needs analysis. This investigation intended to assess the impact of VG on EFL learners’vocabulary recognition. First, 84 academic vocabularies were selected, based o...
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| author | Faramarz Kazemainy Hamed Barjesteh Nassim Golaghaei Atefeh Nasrollahi Mouziraji |
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| description | Vocabulary Guru (VG) is a custom-made mobile application (app) developed based on the task model and agile methodology via qualitative needs analysis. This investigation intended to assess the impact of VG on EFL learners’vocabulary recognition. First, 84 academic vocabularies were selected, based on their frequencies defined by the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) (Davies, 2017) and the Academic Core Vocabulary Website (Davies & Gardner, 2019). From 141 university students, 60 intermediate female students were selected who were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group practiced the target vocabularies via VG, whereas the control group learned them via the conventional method. A vocabulary recognition test was developed and administered twice to both groups. Finally, two paired samples t-tests and two independent samples t-tests were utilized to estimate within and between-groups differences. The findings revealed that the experimental group outperformed the control group significantly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f90d5a90e52c4e60b26cb2a19d93f3a92022-12-22T02:35:49ZengIslamic Azad University, Isfahan BranchResearch in English Language Pedagogy2588-32592538-42442021-07-01101295210.30486/relp.2021.1922037.1252682910The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL LearnersFaramarz Kazemainy0Hamed Barjesteh1Nassim Golaghaei2Atefeh Nasrollahi Mouziraji3Department of English Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, IranDepartment of English Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, IranELT Department, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, IranDepartment of English Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, IranVocabulary Guru (VG) is a custom-made mobile application (app) developed based on the task model and agile methodology via qualitative needs analysis. This investigation intended to assess the impact of VG on EFL learners’vocabulary recognition. First, 84 academic vocabularies were selected, based on their frequencies defined by the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) (Davies, 2017) and the Academic Core Vocabulary Website (Davies & Gardner, 2019). From 141 university students, 60 intermediate female students were selected who were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group practiced the target vocabularies via VG, whereas the control group learned them via the conventional method. A vocabulary recognition test was developed and administered twice to both groups. Finally, two paired samples t-tests and two independent samples t-tests were utilized to estimate within and between-groups differences. The findings revealed that the experimental group outperformed the control group significantly.http://relp.khuisf.ac.ir/article_682910_055f3b6b3a6429c89cc4810cc0b85223.pdfagile methodologymobile assisted language learningneeds analysistask modelvocabulary guru |
| spellingShingle | Faramarz Kazemainy Hamed Barjesteh Nassim Golaghaei Atefeh Nasrollahi Mouziraji The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners Research in English Language Pedagogy agile methodology mobile assisted language learning needs analysis task model vocabulary guru |
| title | The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners |
| title_full | The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners |
| title_short | The Impact of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Application on the Vocabulary Recognition of Iranian EFL Learners |
| title_sort | impact of a custom made vocabulary application on the vocabulary recognition of iranian efl learners |
| topic | agile methodology mobile assisted language learning needs analysis task model vocabulary guru |
| url | http://relp.khuisf.ac.ir/article_682910_055f3b6b3a6429c89cc4810cc0b85223.pdf |
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