Affiliation:
1. Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Abstract
This research study tends to evaluate the efficaciousness and usability
of a Vocabulary Learning And Strategy Teaching Web-App (VLASTWA) – a
customised and targeted web-app for (1) teaching the KeyWord Method (KWM)
which is a widely investigated vocabulary learning strategy, and (2)
facilitating new vocabulary learning via KWM. In this experimental study,
with a between/within design, native Persian participants (n=160, age:18-60)
learnt to use KWM, applied it in acquiring 22 new words, and tested this
newly learnt vocabulary immediate (T1)/delayed (T2) recall. The
effectiveness of the use of KWM taught within the web-app and the
traditional Pen and Paper (P&P) in the experimental groups were compared
with the control app and P&P groups via immediate/delayed recall of
learnt vocabulary. The results suggest VLASTWA was efficient for learning
new vocabulary while highlighting how meaningful and interactive it can be
in accompanying and enriching Foreign Language (FL) vocabulary
learning.
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