Digital Word Walls and Vocabulary Learning: The Use of iPods to Facilitate Vocabulary Instruction with ESL Students

dc.creator	Lucretia M. Fraga
dc.creator	Janis M. Harmon
dc.creator	Karen D. Wood
dc.creator	Elizabeth Buckelew-Martin
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:28:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:28:57Z
dc.identifier	1948-075X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/af462ac0516a4c44b63bcf5ea640beef
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22069
dc.description	Mobile devices such as iPods can be potentially effective learning tools, especially for advancing the vocabulary development of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate ESL high school students’ knowledge of using iPods for learning vocabulary; and (2) to determine ESL high school students’ achievement differences in vocabulary when exposed to two traditional vocabulary instructional frameworks using word walls versus digital word wall instruction. The study followed a mixed-method design using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The specific strategies used to support vocabulary learning in all three instructional frameworks were based upon the principles of effective vocabulary instruction and factors related to active student engagement. Findings indicate no statistically significant differences between instructional frameworks in word-meaning acquisition. However, students were more engaged in the activities associated with the digital word wall framework, i.e. activities related to developing vocabulary vodcasts.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Kent State University
dc.relation	http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/167/255
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1948-075X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 38-57 (2011)
dc.subject	Mobile Learning
dc.subject	Vocabulary Instruction
dc.subject	ESL
dc.subject	iPods
dc.subject	High School
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Digital Word Walls and Vocabulary Learning: The Use of iPods to Facilitate Vocabulary Instruction with ESL Students
dc.type	article