Chocolate website and English language vocabulary

Abstract

The following study aimed to describe how chocolate website helps the English language vocabulary learning in students of the fifth level from Unidad Educativa Juan León Mera "La Salle". The study had a qualitative, quantitative and quasi- experimental approach. The subjects of the study were thirty-five, to whom two surveys were applied, one focused on the use of web 3.0, the other on the basis of the two variables and a pre-test and post-test of vocabulary taken and adapted from the Cambridge standardized tests (KEY FOR SCHOOLS). The group analyzed was divided into two groups, a control group with 17 students and an experimental group with 18 students. To analyze the vocabulary level of the learners, a vocabulary pre-test was administered to both groups. Then, the experimental group received six interventions which allowed them to learn and understand new vocabulary content through the chocolate website, developing interactive activities such as audios, dictations, readings and matching activities based on the audios, and also allowed them to recognize new words and their pronunciation, these activities were the ones that allowed them to learn in a better way. At the end, both groups performed a vocabulary post-test in order to compare whether there was an improvement or not in their vocabulary learning. The results obtained from the vocabulary tests were analyzed using the Wilcoxon statistical test. Additionally, by means of the survey directed to the students based on the acceptance and help of the chocolate website, it was concluded that this website is helpful and supportive for vocabulary learning through interactive activities.