Recreational Strategies and the English Learning Vocabulary

Abstract

This research study entitled "Recreational Strategies and the English Learning Vocabulary'' in eighth-grade students of General Basic Education of the Huambaló Educational Unit had as its main purpose to determine the effectiveness of Recreational Strategies in learning English vocabulary because during her years of experience as an English teacher, she noticed that students have difficulty communicating in the language. After all, they do not know the appropriate vocabulary for specific contexts. Because of this, the researcher decided to conduct her research study on Recreational Strategies and, in this way, demonstrate that students can learn more vocabulary more dynamically and interactively, not only for students but also for teachers of the institution. In order to answer the general objective of this study, it was necessary to analyze the role of recreational strategies as a motivation for learning English. It also identified the recreational strategies to improve English vocabulary that was applied in the intervention and finally established which strategies teachers use to teach English vocabulary. The hypothesis was that recreational strategies are directly and significantly related to English vocabulary learning. For this purpose, a quantitative approach research, quasi-experimental design was carried out with two intervention groups, the first one was the eighth grade B as the control group and the xv eighth grade C as the experimental group, the method used for this study was descriptive and with a population of 30 students of the eighth grade. After hypothesis testing, it was concluded that recreational strategies are effective in vocabulary learning. That is, the greater the use of these strategies, the higher the levels of English language learning.