VietTESOL International Convention 2025

During English learning process, a large number of students in Yen bai province are struggling to memorize common collocations, resulting in academic demotivation. In this action research project, the authors have instructed students to use AI-powered technologies to create a set of collocations found in the Global Success Textbook. In other words, through building the learning materials with the assistance of Magic School, Canva, Google AI Studio, students are given the opportunities to optimize their autonomous learning competence and can memorize collocations in a more meaningful way. The research was conducted during the academic year 2024-2025, involving 300 voluntary students from Nguyen Hue Upper Secondary School, Hoang Quoc Viet High School, and Nghia Lo High School. The authors have guided students to make use of AI tools to create educational video clips on collocations. By this way, students can maximize their memorization of common collocations whereas improving proficiency in AI technology. To measure the effectiveness and feasibility of the research project, three instruments were employed: pre and post tests on collocations from the Global Success Textbook, and the student feedback surveys on the collocation learning video clips. The obtained results have proved that the video clips created by combining AI-powered technologies have helped students remember more collocations, and students have shown their readiness in creating sets of collocations. Hopefully, this research will be helpful to other schools and educational institutions.
Keywords: AI-powered technologies, Magic School, Canva, Google AI Studio, autonomous learning, memorization, collocations, learning video clips.