Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Fatemeh Takallou ¹
• Rouhollah Sharifi ¹
• Parisa Torabian ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

² MA holder, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The fundamental reason for paying attention to electronic technologies is their substantial influence on the educational system, notably on the teaching and learning process. This study aims to determine the effect of the Rosetta Stone Application on seventh-grade female students’ vocabulary learning in a foreign language setting. To this aim, 80 participants were divided into two groups experimental and control groups, recruiting a quasi- experimental design, with pretest-posttest designs. Thus, the control group received traditional instruction, while the experimental group received Rosetta Stone instruction. The treatment lasted five sessions. The findings revealed that both groups' pre-test mean were similar but their post-test were different and the experimental group outperformed the control group. With the help of this program, students can increase their opportunities of learning new vocabulary. Therefore, managers, teachers, parents, and students are suggested to speed up the learning of new vocabulary with the help of new technologies, including language teaching applications.

Keywords

• Rosetta Stone application
• English vocabulary learning
• students