The Use of Technology with Activities to Promote English Learning in Elementary Education

Abstract

This research seeks to demonstrate how the application of technology with activities enhances students' English learning by developing the four main macro skills. This investigation was conducted at a public elementary school in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico. The study was performed through a qualitative approach and action research method, which included the teacher-researcher and sixth-grade students as participants. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews, teaching narrative, observation, and questionnaire with the help of didactic treatments to analyze the integration of Edtech apps to implement teaching activities and enhance the target language learning. The results indicated how the use of Edtech apps and digital tools provided students the opportunity to explore new ways of learning entertainingly through gamification, online assignments rich in multimedia, and live interactive tasks, which consequently attracted their attention and improved their language performance in developing reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills.