The usage of realia and flashcards as techniques when teaching vocabulary in students at 4to Año EGB, class A, at Unidad Educativa “Once de Noviembre” from Guano city, Chimborazo province in the academic period September 2021 – July 2022

This research, in response to the vocabulary limitations of students coursing the 4to Año EGB, class A, of the Unidad Educativa “Once de Noviembre”, proposed the usage of realia and flashcards as strategies to overcome this problematic. Realia refers to real-life objects that teachers take to the class with the purpose of improving students' understanding of other cultures and real-life situations; as well as strengthen students' associations between words for common objects and the objects themselves. Flashcards are very simple and versatile resource including graphic information in one side and semantic data in the other. Flashcards are incredibly effective with visual learners; research has showed that most of students have this type of intelligence. For this target the study aimed to determine the effectiveness of realia and flashcards in the improvement of vocabulary. In this respect, the study framed itself in the mixed approach. Furthermore, it fit to the quasi-experimental type of scientific research since it pretended to determine the co-relationship between realia and flashcards in the English vocabulary improvement. Its dynamic determined to be field research where pre and posttest was used to determine the effectiveness of the strategies proposed and a semi structured interview to appreciate the population perceptions regarding the proposal. The results evidenced that the proposed resources are very effective for the teaching and learning of English lexis and at the same time it was noticed that the preferred didactic tool for students is realia. For this reason, it is recommended for the teacher to increase the usage of these resources due to they appeared to be of students’ interests and their effectiveness has been proved and, propose topics, activities, and contents based on students’ background. It may facilitate vocabulary learning, practice, and internalization.

• Автор: Lema Chimbo, Marcia Jaqueline (author)
• Формат: bachelorThesis
• Опубліковано: 2022
• Предмети: Flashcards; Realia; Enseñanza y Aprendizaje del Léxico Inglés; Vocabulario en Inglés
• Онлайн доступ: http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/8945