KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Eric Reynolds, Woosong University TESOL-MALL
Brandon Sherman, Woosong College
Using the Memrise App to Enrich Vocabulary Acquisition
Abstract
This research explores the use of an online vocabulary acquisition application, particularly Memrise, used in a blended learning design with university students in the Korean EFL context. Includes reporting of results, discussion of practical considerations for employing applications of this kind, application affordances and constraints, and potential directions for future research.
Biographicals
Eric Reynolds has been a world traveler for EFL. He has lived and traveled all over the U.S. Unfortunately, his wanderlust was unsatisfied in America, so he became an EFL teacher, and lived and taught in "a bunch" of countries including Japan, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, and now Korea. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently works as the department head of the TESOL-MALL MA program at Woosong University.
Brandon Sherman serves as an Assistant Professor of English at Woosong Information College, and is a Doctoral Candidate at Penn State University. He holds an MA in Philosophy from University of New England, Armidale, and is a returned Peace Corps volunteer (Ukraine, 2005 - 08).
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