Randwick International of Education and Linguistics
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): RIELS Journal, March

Lived Experiences Among Grade 10 Students in Playing 4 Pics 1 Word for Vocabulary Learning

Cristie Ann L. Jaca (Cebu Technological University-Main Campus, Cebu City, Philippines)
Bernardo M. Tumulak III (Cebu Technological University-Main Campus, Cebu City, Philippines)
Verner V. Boaquin (Cebu Technological University-Main Campus, Cebu City, Philippines)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2023

Abstract

This qualitative study unraveled the lived experiences among Grade-10 (Wisdom) Students of Tuyan National High School in playing the mobile word game 4 Pics 1 Word. The data were gathered through one-on-one interviews using researcher-made questionnaires and analyzed using the Braun and Clarke (2006) six-phase framework for doing thematic analysis, particularly semantic and latent approaches. Based on the findings of the study, the themes that emerged from the students' responses were: challenged, engaged, enhanced critical thinking skills, and increased vocabulary skills which show that students have varied learning experiences. Moreover, the study found that the students’ experiences in playing the word game helped them develop an interest in learning new words, increase their self-confidence in expressing themselves, improved analyzation skills, and improved reading comprehension skills. This implies that their gamified learning experience helped them improve their vocabulary skills and attitudes toward learning vocabulary. Further, this study concludes that gamified learning, surrogated with image presentations, is lucrative to students' experiences in learning vocabulary thus gamified teaching of vocabulary should be imposed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

rielsj

Publisher

Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

RIELS Journal publishes research papers in the fields such as: - Education (all levels, stages and processes of education (e.g. formal, informal, non-formal, early childhood, lifelong, schooling, adult education, vocational education and training, higher education), research in language teaching, ...