The impact of interactive instructional video recordings on EFL students' grammar acquisition

Abstract

Abstract: The use of technologyresources to learn grammar is an important aspect to implement in EFL education. This study investigated the impact that interactive instructional video recordings have on EFL students grammar acquisition. For this research, the sample consisted of 20 ninth-grade students from a public high school in the city of Loja, Ecuador. Also, as this was an experimental design, the participants were distributed10 forexperimental and10 forcontrol group. The method applied was a mixed method and the instruments to collect the data were a pre-intervention survey, pre-and post-tests, a teacher's perspective interview, and a students satisfaction survey. All data were organized and presented through two tables. The intervention lasted four and a half weeks, in which the experimental group received the use of the interactive instructional video recordings about grammar content, while the control group received conventional methods to learn EFL grammar. After the analysis, it was found out that the impact of the interactive instructional videos was positive because they promoted motivation, engagement, and immediate practice to improve the students' English grammatical skills.