Short videos and vocabulary learning

Abstract

The use of short videos is an innovative learning strategy to learn English as a foreign and second language. This research aimed to analyze how the use of short videos influences students' vocabulary learning. This study was pre-experimental in that it was applied to an experimental group, and both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. The participants of this study were 10 students of the 10th EGB "D" from Unidad Educativa "Baños”. Seven interventions were applied online through Zoom application. The first and last sessions were used for the application of a pre-test and a post-test while in the five sessions the application of the use of short videos was developed. The instruments of this research were a pre and post-test that were taken from the Cambridge Key English Test (KEY) level A2, each test had 20 multiplechoice questions, which were answered by the students and then analyzed by the researcher. The findings showed that the use of short videos had an influence on the learning of vocabulary in English since the initial average of the students was 13.9 points out of 20 and the final average was 16.9. In addition, the students presented a positive attitude during the experimentation process of this strategy.