Realia and vocabulary learning

Abstract

Realia refer to all kinds of real objects that, without being specifically designed for educational purposes, are used in the teaching-learning process. Thus, for example, brochures, cards, food, clothes, various objects of everyday life, etc. are materials that can be used for learning. The main objective of the present work is to determine the influence of realia in the learning of vocabulary in the English language of 5th grade students at Centro Educativo Bilingüe “La Granja”. The research was carried out with a population of 23 students of 5th grade of basic education, 11 male and 12 female subjects. The methodology used in this research was a Pre-experimental design to know if the strategy used influenced the population and Quantitative because the results of the pre- and post-test were analyzed in the SPSS software program and the statistical test T-test. The instrument used for data collection is based on the KET exam (level 2) Vocabulary section, designed by Cambridge. The results of the pre-test showed that, of the 23 participants, the highest score achieved was 4.6 out of 10, representing 1% of the population. While the lowest score is 2.4 out of 10 representing 2% of the population. This meant that the students had vocabulary knowledge problems. The mean was 3.170. On the other hand, the results of the post-test showed that the mean was 4.939, which means that there was a significant increase of 1.76 points. The results obtained in the post-test show that the application of Realia as a strategy in English classes has a positive influence on the learning and acquisition of vocabulary of 5th grade students.