Pictionary game and vocabulary acquisition

Abstract

The use of games for the acquisition of vocabulary in English in current education has been avoided due to different aspects such as time, methodologies, strategies and personnel preferences that some teachers have. However, some educators agree with the idea of having playful activities to help students improve their language skills and that is why the objective of this research is to identify how the use of pictionary game helps in the acquisition of vocabulary in sixth-grade students of BGE in the Unidad Educativa Básica Patate. The participants of this research were 44 students, 24 women and 20 men. The age of the students was between 9 and 10 years. In addition, 2 English teachers were taken into account for the development of this research, that is why the total population was 46. This research had a qualitative approach and a descriptive level. For that reason, to collect the data a survey of 23 questions created by the researcher and validated by experts was used. The result of the survey showed that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted, which mentions that the use of pictionary game helps to improve vocabulary acquisition. Finally, it is recommended to increase the use of the pictionary game to improve vocabulary knowledge and acquisition because the Pictionary game allows students to be exposed to the language while playing and unconsciously acquiring vocabulary.