Implicit and explicit teaching and vocabulary learning

Abstract

Teaching is a process that meets the needs of students, through different types of teaching, among them implicit teaching where the student develops his own conceptualizations regarding the unknown through a natural environment. In contrast, explicit teaching is directed to the student's attention with the teacher's guidance through explanations and details of the concepts of the unknown. These types of teaching help the student to learn vocabulary differently, either through the different activities in which they can learn in a dynamic and fun way. This research had the purpose of analyzing the effects of implicit and explicit teaching on vocabulary learning, with a quantitative approach and a descriptive research level. Furthermore, the population was made up of 30 second-year high school students from the Unidad Educativa "Espíritu Santo". Additionally, to obtain the information, a survey was applied in order to describe both variables. The survey included 15 multiple-choice questions based on the Likert scale. A Chi-square test was applied to verify the hypothesis and the effectiveness of implicit and explicit teaching in vocabulary learning. Finally, the results showed that students learn vocabulary through implicit and explicit activities, which means that this type of teaching does have a positive effect on learning.