Publication details
The role of Quizlet in learning business vocabulary
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | CASALC Review |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://journals.muni.cz/casalc-review/article/view/14192 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CASALC2020-1-6 |
| Keywords | context; flashcards; ICT; translation; vocabulary acquisition |
| Description | The article describes an experiment conducted in three ESP classes of Business English at the Faculty of Business and Administration of Masaryk University, Czech Republic. In two of the classes, the use of Quizlet was promoted both in class and out of class throughout the term. The learners in the remaining class, the control group, did not use Quizlet. Learners in different groups were asked to study carefully chosen sets of twenty English-Czech word pairs, using either Quizlet or classic, paper-based lists. In one of the Quizlet sets, the meaning of the words was illustrated using context clues. A series of two translation tests then gauged the students’ active and passive knowledge of the word meanings. The experiment was designed to determine if, and to what degree, Quizlet helps learners acquire vocabulary more efficiently, and to help us investigate the role of context in learning vocabulary. The present article describes and discusses the results of the experiment, which illuminate how students perceive Quizlet in terms of effectiveness and user-friendliness. |