The use of mobile devices for English lexical improvement by students at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years of Bachillerato General Unificado San Gerardo Unit

Abstract

The objective of this research is to determine if the use of mobile devices helps the lexical improvement in the first, second and third school years of the Educational Unit "San Gerardo", Chimborazo province, San Gerardo Parish in Riobamba, on which a field investigation was conducted with the application of surveys on 69 students, 5 authorities and teachers of the education unit. The results of this survey showed that both teachers and students have access to and are owners of mobile devices, but they prefer to use smartphones and mobile applications in an average of 2 to 3 hours per day, which facilitates free interaction using this device mobile as a tool for lexicon teaching-learning process in English language. In addition, the surveys allowed to know that it is important to use technology and put aside monotonous activities in the classroom without the active participation of students. For this reason, a Pre – Post Test was applied in order to measure students' knowledge before and after applying viable methodological strategies in the classroom through free applications and the use of cell phones for lexical improvement. It is also necessary to mention that in order to obtain the data and analysis of the results of the pre and post test, the student's T test was used with the statistical program SPSS (Statistics for Social Sciences), which allowed obtaining the proven results. Finally, the results of the research showed the academic impact it had on the students and teachers at the educational unit "San Gerardo", after the adequate application of the "Student Guide" proposed with its different activities; the same allowed to obtain the lexical improvement and to accomplish the proposed objectives.