Teaching irregular verbs through interactive boards

Abstract

The shift that education has experimented affected in the way of teaching and learning from learning by memorizing according to the Grammar Translation Approach to a virtual learning environment. The teacher’s role changes to a facilitator, the learner becomes active, authentic data is delivered, and the digital resources are the channel of providing input. Technologies through e-tools and interactive boards are improving the way of creating and implementing motivational activities. This study proposes a new methodology to learn irregular verbs, using digital boards in an interactive and dynamic way. ‘Wordle’, ‘Hot Potatoes’, three sessions, and a questionnaire were used to analyze the effectiveness of learning 15 irregular verbs – make, run, draw, leave, buy, know, write, think, feel, take, go, see, give, sit, and say – in a different digital methodology. The preliminary results of the research show that learners feel amused while doing the sessions; they think that they can remember almost all verbs practiced, and they prefer this system to learn irregular verbs. Consequently, the introduction of a new kind of teaching thanks to the new technologies students enjoy the lessons and learn everything in a most efficient way.