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- Title
Does the adapted version of The Amazing Race (AVOTAR) benefit Spanish language learning among technical students?
- Authors
Khong, Hou Keat; Cheah, Swi Ee; Wan, Nurul Na’imy; Martínez Vellón, Susana
- Abstract
Students’ lack of interest and motivation in language learning has long been the focus of language scholars and researchers. In the Malaysian Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) context, this concern has posed many practical challenges particularly to the foreign language teachers. This study proposes a teaching innovation adapted from the popular reality television program, The Amazing Race, to instill and promote interest in learning Spanish among the technical students. The study on the Adapted Version of The Amazing Race (AVOTAR) was conducted using a quantitative dominant mixed methods approach in a technical university where Spanish language is a compulsory subject. The quantitative findings show that AVOTAR improves learners’ linguistic performance especially in the areas of vocabulary and reading comprehension while the qualitative findings indicate that AVOTAR helps increase learners’ motivation. This may contribute useful insights to address the challenges and improve the curriculum and instruction of foreign languages.
- Subjects
SPANISH language education; VOCATIONAL school students; VOCATIONAL schools; AMAZING Race (TV program); ACADEMIC motivation; ACADEMIC achievement; HIGHER education
- Publication
Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada (John Benjamins Publishing Co.), 2018, Vol 31, Issue 1, p159
- ISSN
0213-2028
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1075/resla.15019.kho