The Effects of Quizlet on Secondary School Students’ Vocabulary Learning and Attitudes Towards English

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 60 - 73, 31.12.2019

İsmail Çinar , Asım Arı

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the
effects of Quizlet online vocabulary application on vocabulary learning skills
and attitudes towards English course. The pretest-posttest control group
quasi-experimental design was used in the study. The study group consisted of
71 ninth grade students who were studying in Eskişehir in the 2018-2019
academic year. English Language Attitude Scale and Vocabulary Test were used to
collect data. In the experimental and control groups, a total of eight lessons were
conducted in four weeks. The data were collected before and after the
implementation phase and analyzed by quantitative and descriptive analysis. The
vocabulary post-test and retention test scores of the experimental group were
significantly higher than the control group (p<0.05). The retention test in
the experimental group showed a significant increase compared to the post-test,
whereas a significant decrease was found in the control group (p<0.05). On
the other hand, the positive attitude towards the English course showed a
significant increase in the experimental group (p<0.05). However, there was
no significant difference in the control group. In addition, the Quizlet
application has made the lesson more fun, and it has increased the interest and
motivation of the students, and facilitated vocabulary learning. Quizlet online
vocabulary practice makes an important contribution to students’ vocabulary
learning, the persistence of the vocabulary learned, and to developing positive
attitudes towards English.

Keywords

Quizlet, instructional technologies, foreign language teaching

The Effects of Quizlet on Secondary School Students’ Vocabulary Learning and Attitudes Towards English

Abstract

The main purpose of
this study is to investigate the effects of Quizlet online vocabulary
application on vocabulary learning skills and attitudes towards English course.The
pretest - posttest control group quasi-experimental design with control group
was used in the study. The study group consisted of 71 ninth grade students who
were studying in Eskişehir in the 2018-2019 academic year. English Language
Attitude Scale and Vocabulary Test were used to collect data. In the
experimental and control groups, a total of 8 lessons were conducted in 4
weeks. The data were collected before and after the implementation phase and
analyzed by quantitative and descriptive analysis.The word post-test and
retention test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than
the control group (p<0.05). The retention test in the experimental group
showed a significant increase compared to the post-test, whereas a significant
decrease was found in the control group (p<0.05). On the other hand, the
positive attitude towards the English course showed a significant increase in
the experimental group (p<0.05). However, there was no significant
difference in the control group. In addition, the Quizlet application has made
the lesson more fun, and it has increased the interest and motivation of the
students, and facilitated vocabulary learning. Quizlet online vocabulary
practice makes an important contribution to students’ vocabulary learning, the
persistence of the vocabulary learned, and to developing positive attitudes
towards English.

Keywords

foreign language teaching, quizlet, Instructional Technologies

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