Integration of interactive digital resources in English teaching and its impact on communicative competence in basic education students
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Communicative competence; interactive digital resources; English language teaching; mobile-assisted language learning; gamification; augmented reality; basic education; educational innovation.Abstract
The pedagogical integration of interactive digital resources in English language teaching represents an emerging strategy to enhance communicative competence in basic education, particularly within public educational contexts facing access and sociocultural challenges. This study aimed to analyze the impact of a didactic intervention based on mobile applications, gamified assessment, interactive learning objects, and augmented reality–mediated contextual activities on students’ oral communicative performance in public schools from Loja and Azuay provinces (Ecuador). A mixed-method quasi-experimental pretest–posttest non-equivalent control group design (N = 175) was employed. The experimental group (n = 88) participated in an eight-week intervention structured around communicative microtasks with systematic formative feedback, while the control group (n = 87) followed conventional instruction. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANCOVA, controlling for pretest scores. Results revealed statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group, F(1,172) = 50.54, p < .001, ηp² = .246, indicating a moderate-to-large effect size. Qualitative findings identified increased oral participation, immediate feedback, distributed practice, and contextualized language input as key explanatory mechanisms. It is concluded that the planned integration of interactive digital resources, aligned with communicative tasks and formative assessment, significantly strengthens English communicative competence in basic education, providing relevant implications for curriculum design, teacher training, and technology-mediated educational innovation.
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