Integrating Memrise Application in Enhancing Student’s Vocabullary Mastery - an Introduction

 

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Chapter I
Introduction

In the second language learning, vocabulary is a fundamental and crucial aspect Dakhi, S., & Fitria, T. N. (2019).  Vocabulary not only affects students' abilities related to reading but more than that, all skills in English require comprehensive vocabulary mastery. Nevertheless, students often face problems where they have difficulty in mastering vocabulary. This certainly affects students' communication skills and also their academic performance Qian, D. D., & Lin, L. H. (2019).  Therefore, there is a need for continuous exploration to find suitable and effective learning methods for students so that they have comprehensive vocabulary mastery.

In line with the problems that keep emerging, various vocabulary teaching methods have been developed. These methods are implemented to facilitate students in mastering vocabulary either through direct or incidental teaching (Fauziningrum et al., 2023). Along with the development of digital technology, a mobile assistance-based teaching method known as Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) has also been developed and offers effective teaching for language learning (Burston, J., & Giannakou, K., 2022). The memrise application is one of the MALL-based application platforms which offers an interesting learning method with visual and audio content. With its various features, this MALL-based application has the potential to answer the problems faced by students in mastering vocabulary (Zuniati et al., 2023). However, there needs to be further review whether this application can really help realize an effective and efficient learning model, especially in vocabulary mastery.

This study aims to systematically examine the findings of research published in the last five years. In this study, a comprehensive literature review will be conducted to identify the effectiveness of memrise applications in learning, especially vocabulary acquisition. Furthermore, the analysis also examines what problems are likely to come in the future and examines the potential benefits that can be maximized. It is hoped that this study can serve as a review for teachers, researchers and policy makers in considering the integration of memrise in education.

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