Tamara Linares conducted research on whether technology helps with vocabulary acquisition in a world language classroom. She surveyed parents, students, and teachers, finding that the vast majority believe technology has a place in the world language classroom. She also administered pre-tests and post-tests on vocabulary units with and without the use of technology, finding no statistically significant difference in test scores between the two conditions based on a t-test analysis.

1. DOES TECHNOLOGY
HELP WITH
VOCABULARY
ACQUISITION IN A
WORLD LANGUAGE
CLASSROOM?
Piedmont College
Tamara Linares

2. LET ME SET THIS UP….

3. • Like volleyball
Set up
• Personalization
Disclaimer
• DMR’s
Crow
Burning question
Beliefs,
perceptions,
attitudes
• Does Technology Help With Vocabulary Acquisition in a World
Language Classroom?
• Surveys /T-tests/Results
• Gracias
Finish

4. • 15 years since I received my Masters @ Piedmont
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College
Enjoyed the personal growth and development
Fabulous and well prepared professors
Excellent colleagues
I am a lot more confident with the new educational
trends
I owned it!!
MY PERSONAL DISCLAIMER

5. EATING CROW
I am eating crow when it comes to DMR’s
Data Analysis is where it is at
We have always done it
Now it is formalized to enhance learning &
instruction
 Without data there is no analysis because no information has
been collected. Without analysis of information, informed
decisions cannot be made.

6. MY RESEARCH
Does Technology Help
With Vocabulary
Acquisition in a World
Language Classroom?

7. 75% of the
parents believe
that there
should be
technology
within the World
Language
classroom.

8. 83% of the
students believe
that technology
has a place in
the World
Language
classroom.

9. 100% of the
World Language
teachers
surveyed
believe that
technology has
a place in the
World Language
classroom.

10. A t-test has shown that
comparing the pre-test and
post-test of a unit without
using technology AND a
pre-test and post-test of a
unit with technology have
no statistically
significant difference.
(p>.05)

11. Thank you for
coming!
Any
questions?