ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Language, Culture and Diversity
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1467522
Teaching Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Using Memes
Provisionally accepted
- 1Cebu Normal University, Cebu, Philippines
- 2St. Alphonsus Catholic School, Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
- 3St. Cecilia’s College Cebu, Inc., Minglanilla, Philippines
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Word count: 124 In the digital age, memes have become valuable tools for 21st-century learning. This research investigates the effectiveness of using memes to enhance learners' reading comprehension and vocabulary. Conducted at a private school in the Philippines with junior high school students, the study employed a quasi-experimental design with control and experimental groups. Data were collected through a pretest and a posttest as well as focus group discussions. The findings indicate a slight improvement in reading comprehension; however, there was notable enhancement in vocabulary among learners exposed to memes. Furthermore, the learners' positive perceptions suggest that memes can motivate, evoke humor, encourage critical thinking, and facilitate better comprehension. These insights support the innovative use of memes as a pedagogical tool to make learning engaging and effective.
Keywords: vocabulary1, reading comprehension2, memes3, humor4, innovative teaching5
Received: 20 Jul 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Cordova, Badanoy and Genegaboas. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Monique Escalada Cordova, cordovam@cnu.edu.ph
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