The duolingo app and the development of vocabulary skills in students of ninth-grade level of elementary school at Unidad Educativa Ambato

Abstract

Being able to speak another language requires time, practice, grammatical knowledge and vocabulary, now with technology it is possible. The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between the use of the Duolingo application and the development of vocabulary skills. This study was developed with 70 students of Ninth-Grade Level of elementary school at Unidad Educativa Ambato. A survey was used to collect information from students, the survey has 10 questions. Those ones measure the level of acceptance the application. To achieve the purpose of this research, quantity and qualitative method, and data collection were used. Furthermore, the information gathered was analyzed using a chi-square calculation. The results determined the acceptance and utility of Duolingo to develop vocabulary skills. The application has suitable and meaningful activities to develop vocabulary skills. In addition, the study revealed that the non-use of Duolingo app in the students. Consequently, students cannot develop the language skills with the use of technology. This application provides entertaining and challenging activities to develop vocabulary skills