Autonomous learning of vocabulary of English as a foreign language using multimedia resources

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of using multimedia resources on the English vocabulary learning as a foreign language in a sample of university students. Following a quantitative approach, a quasi-experimental, longitudinal-prospective study was conducted with 62 university stu...

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Autores: Berthely Barrios, Julio Cesar; Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, Esquivel Gámez, Ismael; Universidad Veracruzana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Apertura. Revista de Innovación Educativa
Idioma:español
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OAI Identifier:oai:udgvirtual.udg.mx:article/2299
Acceso en línea:http://www.udgvirtual.udg.mx/apertura/index.php/apertura/article/view/2299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:pedagogía; métodos educativos; aprendizaje apoyado en computadora
Aprendizaje de vocabulario; inglés como lengua extranjera; recursos multimedia
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of using multimedia resources on the English vocabulary learning as a foreign language in a sample of university students. Following a quantitative approach, a quasi-experimental, longitudinal-prospective study was conducted with 62 university students (42.6% women with mean age of 20.9 and 57.4% man with mean age of 20.6); previously divided into three different groups. For pre and post-training measurements, two instruments were used in their forms A and B, validated in previous studies. As a secondary goal, the influence of the cognates present in both tests on the score and the way of asking them was verified, in consequence an instrument of own design was applied. During the training, the use of lessons from a virtual platform made it possible to present multimedia resources and evaluate autonomous learning in formative manner. In the post-test, only one type of test was applied to each group, detecting significant improvement in three out of the four original instruments. However, the results should be treated with reservations due to the limitation represented by sample size and conduct of the study, in distance mode.