Gamification and english pronunciation

Abstract

Gamification contributes to improve language learning by incorporating game elements and interactive English pronunciation exercises. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of gamification on English pronunciation in the sixth semester of the Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages program. For this, a non-experimental investigation was used with a quantitative approach of a descriptive and cross-sectional level, and a survey with a Likert-type scale verified by Cronbach's Alpha was applied with a reliability value of 0.811; to a non-probabilistic sample chosen for convenience, made up of 36 students. The results correspond to the fact that some students agree that gamification is useful to generate motivation, and a big percentage maintain a preference for archaic strategies when improving English pronunciation skills. Finally, applications such as Lyrics training, ELSA, Spell up, among others are applications that generate comprehensiveness at the time of learning and that correspond to the gamification approach. The findings were made by means of descriptive statistics and the rating scale, and it is recommended to strengthen gamification within the classroom to improve pronunciation, increase commitment, motivation, and academic success.