USING QUIZLET IN GENERATING LEARNERS' AUTONOMY IN LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Abstract

This paper presents some major findings of a recent study on the application of Quizlet in teaching English. One of the two objectives of this study is to see how autonomous learners are in learning vocabulary. 60 sophomore students from Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration took part in a 10-week experiment. In the first five weeks, the students were taught without Quizlet implementation, while in the five weeks of the second phase, Quizlet was relied on to facilitate vocabulary learning. Two survey questionnaires were delivered to the participants, before and after the experiment, to investigate their attitude towards learning vocabulary via Quizlet. The data analyses reveal that students feel more excited and eager to learn vocabulary; they became more active and more autonomous. Thus, it can be concluded that using Quizlet in teaching English vocabulary is beneficial to learners in the way that it can facilitate independent learning. Hopefully, these findings can encourage teachers, as well as learners, to use Quizlet more often in teaching and learning English, especially in the era of modern technology.