The effects of mindfulness on high school students’ vocabulary acquisition

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Ensenyament i Adquisició de l'Anglès com a Llengua Estrangera / Segona Llengua

Title in different languages: The effects of mindfulness on high school students’ vocabulary acquisition

Abstract: This study focuses on how a short mindfulness exercise may affect high school students’ vocabulary acquisition. Furthermore, this study suggests some ways of implementing mindfulness in schools according to the available literature. For my experiment, I worked with two classes of the first of bachillerato. One class was the control group, and the other one the experimental group. Both classes did two vocabulary tests, and a short mindfulness exercise preceded them for the experimental group. The results of the second vocabulary test were statistically significant P(T<=t) two-tail = 0.029288555. The use of mindfulness increased students’ rate of vocabulary acquisition.

Subject: Ciències de l'educació

Academic year: 2020-2021

Language: Anglès

Work's public defense date: 2021-06-22

Subject areas: Education sciences

Student: Machacova, Jana

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Creation date in repository: 2021-07-06

TFM credits: 11

Keywords: mindfulness, high school students, vocabulary acquisition

Title in original language: The effects of mindfulness on high school students’ vocabulary acquisition

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Gallego, Lídia