Effects of online vocabulary instruction using nano authentic videos on young Chinese EFL learners’ vocabulary knowledge

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of online vocabulary instruction using nano authentic videos on young Chinese EFL learners’ vocabulary knowledge, and the students’ opinions were also investigated towards that in the study. This study was a single group pre-test and post-test research design study of 15 young Chinese students aged 10 to 12 years old in a primary school in China. A pre-test and post-test were given to the students measured by a pair sample t-test value, and the results revealed a higher mean score in the post-test (52.60) than the pre-test (40.73), and the significance p value (.00) was less than .05, which indicated that the use of online vocabulary instruction using nano authentic videos was effective in enhancing vocabulary knowledge. A questionnaire with 12 Likert-scale items analyzed by descriptive statistics provided an overall positive opinion (x̅ = 3.95) to support the results of pre-test and post-test. In addition, the evidence from the features of the online instructional platform was also observed for students’ engagement while learning the lesson online.