Google and Kahoot: educational resources for learning English during the pandemic

Enriquez E.L.J.; Barrios S.T.; de Tipacti J.E.J. · Mextesol Journal (2025) · DOI: 10.61871/mj.v49n2-10

Resumen

In the context of the Covid 19 pandemic, information and communication technologies and access to the internet and networks acquired relevance in the educational environment, in the search to maintain interest and motivation as im-portant constructs of academic performance. The objective of this study was to determine how the use of didactic resources, Google Drive and Kahoot applications, influenced the achievement of reading and writing skills in the English as a foreign language (EFL) course in students in a quantitative research, quasi-experimental, descriptive, comparative and longitudinal design was proposed in a sample of 86 students who formed two groups, one experimental (EG) and the other control (CG). The GE received classes corresponding to the English module with the proposed use of Google Drive digital didactic resources to promote the achievement of writing competency (text production) and the Kahoot application for reading competency (text comprehension). With the application of the resources, a statistically significant increase of 58.7% (p=0.00) of students who reached the high achievement level in both competencies was observed; while in the CG the increase was 15%.

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú