Using games to improve vocabulary learning in the english language with students of 7 th year of basic education at Carlos Burneo Arias school, academic period 2013-2014

This descriptive study investigated the use of games in the improvement of the vocabulary learning with seventh year students at “Carlos Burneo Arias” public school. An intervention plan with eleven sessions was carried out to improve vocabulary learning. A researcher's-made test and a questionnaire were designed and used to measure the ten students' progress and perception of games use. Additional instruments like checklist, field diary were also used to see the students' progress. The results indicated that using games facilitated the meaningfully the improvement of vocabulary learning which was reflected in the noticeable increase of the posttest scores and students' progress during the intervention. The answers to the questionnaires confirmed the enthusiasm and the positive attitude toward working with vocabulary. To conclude, this study helped the students to improve their vocabulary learning, the researcher to sharpen her teachings sub-skills and the community to have well-prepared candidate teachers.

• Autor principal: Soto Ludeña, Samanta Ángela (author)
• Formato: bachelorThesis
• Publicado: 2015
• Materias: LEARNING; ENGLISH
• Acceso en línea: http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/14751