Abstract
The research aims to study and experimentally verify the effectiveness of the use of the Quizlet computer-based flashcard program for teaching future air traffic controllers (ATCs) profession-related vocabulary. In this research, we applied a mixed-method research design. The sample of the experiment participants was 57 first-year students majoring in “Aviation transport”. To evaluate the efficiency of Quizlet incorporation into aviation English learning, we used tests, speaking activities, observations, and questionnaires (the former two to assess passive and active vocabulary knowledge and the latter to evaluate the students` engagement and motivation). The empirical data proved Quizlet to be an effective vocabulary learning tool that positively influences students` proficiency in speaking skills and interest in learning aviation English. Based on the obtained findings, we claim vocabulary acquisition to be the basis for foreign language learners` general language proficiency contributing to the development of voice communication skills. An important conclusion is made on the need to include in aviation English courses the intentional vocabulary learning component implying explicit vocabulary teaching, which then should be complemented with speaking practice and incidental vocabulary acquisition techniques. The research findings can be implied in aviation English and foreign language teaching presenting an experimental verification of computer-based flashcard program efficiency in the language learning process.
Highlights
In the age of globalisation and internationalisation, English mastery is increasingly becoming one of the important skills a competent specialist should have
The results of our experiment demonstrated that the use of a Quizlet flashcard program has a positive influence on the learnersaviation English skills
We strongly support the idea that vocabulary knowledge underlies foreign language learnersgeneral language proficiency
Summary
In the age of globalisation and internationalisation, English mastery is increasingly becoming one of the important skills a competent specialist should have. In English teaching methodology, there is an ongoing search for effective approaches, techniques, methods, and learning aids to make English learners independent and proficient users of the target language. In this respect, communicative language teaching complemented with information and communication technology (ICT) tools is gaining popularity and is considered, by far, the most efficient language teaching strategy. The use of ICT for intentional vocabulary learning to achieve English mastery as well as the expediency of technology-based activities in English course design remains open. Taking into account the fact that in aviation English discourse, adequate profession-related vocabulary knowledge is central to two-way communication (understanding interlocutorswords and the production of meaningful utterances), we will focus on computer-assisted vocabulary acquisition using computer-based flashcards
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