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Flashcards and vocabulary learning
(Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2021-11-01) Heredia Gallegos, Helen Nicole; Chicaiza Redin, Verónica Elizabeth
The use of flashcards is a traditional strategy used in English language education. This research project aimed to identify the influence of the use of flashcards as an innovative strategy to improve the acquisition and learning of English language vocabulary. This research was experimental, and the participants were 17 from eighth grade of Unidad Educativa “República de Argentina “in Ambato. The study was carried out through a pre- and post- test structured by multiple choice questions. Each test contained 10 questions, which were answered by the students at the beginning and at the end of the investigation. Most of the questions and classes were prepared days before, with the intention of promoting vocabulary learning in a contextual rather than literal way. In the statistical part, a T-student was developed, to observe and verify the influence that this strategy could have on the ability of the students to learn the new vocabulary. The results showed that flashcards had a positive influence on new vocabulary learning and, of course, on the learning of the language