Vocabulary learning & Vlogging : An exploratory study of vocabulary learning in the form of a vlogging exercise, with the use of mobile learning, compared to orthodox written exercises

• Main Author: Gustafsson, Joel
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR) 2016
• Subjects: Mobile Learning; Vlogging; Vocabulary Learning Strategy; English Language Learners; No Significant Difference Phenomenon; Experimental Study; English as a Foreign Language (EFL); Multimedia; Extramural Activities; Specific Languages; Studier av enskilda språk
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54140

This study investigates two vocabulary exercises where the participant students receive an assigned set of words to put into sentences, one being a more traditional written exercise, the other being an exercise where students make a vlog using the assigned words. Two upper secondary school classes in Sweden participated in the experiment, including responding to a Likert attitude questionnaire. The hypothesis used in this paper is derived of Pegrum’s third category, of higher integration between school and everyday life, and that this would lead to better results for the students who completed the vlogging exercise. The two participating classes were each divided into two group halves, and each group half received one written exercise and one vlogging exercise – consequently each class half acted as a control group for the other half. The responses gathered were divided into three categories, ‘Correct’, ‘Undetermined’, and ‘Failed’. The results disprove that the vlogging exercise offers a significant improvement over the traditional written exercise, and thusly confirms the No Significant Difference phenomenon.