Efectividad del storytelling como metodología activa en el aprendizaje de vocabulario de inglés como lengua extranjera en educación virtual

Abstract

Abstract: The present investigative work addresses the effectiveness of storytelling as a methodology active in learning English as a foreign language vocabulary in virtual education. He study focuses on analyzing the impactful contribution of storytelling, as a tool pedagogy in enriching the vocabulary of students with a basic level of English, participants in a virtual educational environment. The research included 30 students from online modality, who were subjected to an intervention program based on storytelling methodology during a certain period, for which it was decided to use a quantitative approach, with a descriptive scope and a quasi-experimental design, where They established two groups: one experimental, which received the intervention with storytelling, and another of control. Various assessment techniques were used, such as vocabulary tests, and pretest, posttest and student satisfaction surveys, to measure the effectiveness of storytelling as a teaching method. The results revealed a positive and significant impact on the learning the participants' English vocabulary. The storytelling methodology proved to be highly effective in encouraging active student participation, stimulating vocabulary retention and improving contextual understanding of words. Besides, the satisfaction expressed by students suggests a high degree of acceptance and enjoyment of this innovative methodology.