The Effect of Using Mobile-Assisted Flipped Classroom on Iranian EFL Learners' Vocabulary Leaning
محورهای موضوعی : English Language Teaching (ELT)
1 - Ph.Din TEFL, Poldokhtar University, Poldokhtar, Iran
کلید واژه: Keywords: Flipped learning, Vocabulary Learning, Telegram Application, Students' Perception,
چکیده مقاله :
Abstract The emergence of flipped learning has provided new opportunities to improve the quality of English language learning. First, the present study attempted to investigate the effects of flipped learning on enhancing the vocabulary knowledge of EFL learners. Second, it aimed to investigate the perception of the participants toward the flipped learning. To this end, 23 EFL learners from an English institute in Iran were assigned to the flipped and conventional groups. In the flipped classroom, the course materials selected by the teacher were posted via Telegram Application in advance to the class and the class time was spent on different peer and group activities including pre-communicative sentence arrangement, communicative activities, pair, and group discussion, role-play and storytelling. Multiple data collection sources, including a vocabulary knowledge test, a student-recorded portfolio, and a flipped learning experience questionnaire were employed to elicit the required data. The results revealed that the participants in the flipped learning classroom performed a little better than the participants in the conventional class; however, it was not statistically significant. Besides, they did not have a positive attitude toward flipped instruction. The author presents insights into the impacts of flipped instruction on the quality of vocabulary learning and the participants' perception of flipped learning and offers recommendations and implications for practice.
Abstract The emergence of flipped learning has provided new opportunities to improve the quality of English language learning. First, the present study attempted to investigate the effects of flipped learning on enhancing the vocabulary knowledge of EFL learners. Second, it aimed to investigate the perception of the participants toward the flipped learning. To this end, 23 EFL learners from an English institute in Iran were assigned to the flipped and conventional groups. In the flipped classroom, the course materials selected by the teacher were posted via Telegram Application in advance to the class and the class time was spent on different peer and group activities including pre-communicative sentence arrangement, communicative activities, pair, and group discussion, role-play and storytelling. Multiple data collection sources, including a vocabulary knowledge test, a student-recorded portfolio, and a flipped learning experience questionnaire were employed to elicit the required data. The results revealed that the participants in the flipped learning classroom performed a little better than the participants in the conventional class; however, it was not statistically significant. Besides, they did not have a positive attitude toward flipped instruction. The author presents insights into the impacts of flipped instruction on the quality of vocabulary learning and the participants' perception of flipped learning and offers recommendations and implications for practice.
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