Easing the learning of the simple past and past participle of irregular verbs in English through the use of applications for smart devices: a case study with tenth graders from Colegio Nacional Marco Tulio Salazar, site Central Elementary School, Atenas = Facilitar el aprendizaje del pasado simple y participio pasado de los verbos irregulares en inglés por medio de las aplicaciones por dispositivos inteligentes: un estudio de caso con los estudiantes de décimo grado del Colegio Nacional Virtual Marco Tulio Salazar, sede Escuela Central, Atenas
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Mastering the simple past and past participle of irregular verbs in English presents itself as a e hall en ge for Second/Foreign Language Learners because of the complexity in the morphological change of the verb root. Previous research has shown that learning such features of the English language is not only difficult for L2 learners but also for L 1 learners, and general izations and/or overgeneralizations are common. Given these facts, the purpose pursued in this study was to explore the extent to which mobile applications could support learners' acquisition of past and past participle forms of a se lected number ofirregular verbs. The participants ofthe study were a control group of 6 eleventh graders and an experimental group of 12 tenth graders who were enrol led in a public evening high school; their ages ranged between seventeen and twenty-two. Four in strume nts were used to collect the data: two questionnaires, a pre- and posttest, and active observations. The interventions consisted of applying 3 different mobile applications for students to practice a total of 49 irregular verbs. The results showed that, through the use of the target mobile applications as a complementary tool , students' motivation towards the learning of the past and past participle of irregular verbs in English greatly improved; it promoted cooperative learning, improved correct pronunciation awareness, helped students to learn the target verbs, and increased engagement and enthusiasm. Though the use of mobile applications to learn the past and the past pa1ticiple ofverbs was found to be plainly positive, further investigation is needed to determine the extent to which their use might evidence more quantitatively salient improvement overa more extended period, as restrictions in time as well as in the number of students who took part in this study were faced...
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Proyecto de graduación (licenciatura en enseñanza del inglés)--Universidad de Costa Rica. Sede Occidente. Departamento de Filosofía, Artes y Letras. Sección de Lenguas Modernas, 2017
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ADQUISICION DE UNA SEGUNDA LENGUA, Colegio Nacional Virtual Marco Tulio Salazar Sede Escuela Central de Atenas, INGLES - ESTUDIO Y ENSEÑANZA, INGLES - VERBO, INNOVACIONES EDUCATIVAS, TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION - ASPECTOS EDUCATIVOS