Designing a Mobile Website to Teach Phrasal Verbs to English Learners
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2022-12
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University of Baltimore. Yale Gordon College of Arts & Science
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University of Baltimore. Master of Science in Interaction Design and Information Architecture
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Abstract
English language learners (ELLs) face many challenges in their English learning journey.
For ELLs living in the United States or working with English speakers from this country,
one of those challenges is learning and understanding the widely used phrasal verbs due
to their number and polysemy. Once ELLs have reached an intermediate or advanced
level, they are ready to learn phrasal verbs, but they often find themselves frustrated and
anxious by the very difficult nature of these complex grammatical structures.
Using research-based design, this study reviews the literature of methodologies used for
teaching phrasal verbs and uses it in conjunction with user research to prototype a mobile
website that teaches phrasal verbs to ELLs. Through a user survey of phrasal verb
knowledge, a competitor analysis and in-depth interviews with ELLs, the study collects
important qualitative and quantitative data for the creation of the initial prototype that is
later tested iteratively with ELL participants. At the end of the iterative testing process,
this thesis reports the changes made to the prototype based on the data collected through
user research and notes the limitations of the study as well as the research that is still
needed to create the phrasal verb teaching website.