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The coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of people across the globe which forced students to work from home. In the education sector, students are strongly suggested to stay home and study from home. Consequently, online learning becomes a necessary learning process during the outbreak of COVID-19. Students are expected to be active in engaging themselves in learning. Suddenly they are confronted with many terminologies concerning classroom interaction. Many students found some of the terminologies confusing. This study was intended to find out the students' acquisition of COVID-19 terminologies which are commonly used in classroom interaction. The study found that students have inadequate comprehension of COVID-19 terminologies although they are widely exposed to terminologies in their daily life. Only common terminologies were comprehended appropriately. This study implies that a learning program should be provided to improve students' acquisition of COVID-19 terminologies.

Comprensión de las noticias publicadas en prensa sobre COVID-19 por parte de alumnos universitarios de carreras del área de comunicación en Alicante (2021)

“…A marchas forzadas hemos tenido que conocer y replicar palabras y expresiones infrecuentes que se han tornado en algo cotidiano (Gorea, 2021). Dada la relativa novedad de esta pandemia, existen escasos estudios científicos que pongan en relación la comprensión de parte de estos términos tan especializados con la comprensión entre los lectores jóvenes (Suparsa & Mantra, 2020;Bharati, 2020).…”

“…La falta de comprensión también puede dificultar la toma de decisiones informadas, así como disminuir la capacidad de sensibilizar sobre problemas de salud, fomentar comportamientos preventivos y evitar comportamientos de riesgo. Nuevamente estos resultados concuerdan con estudios publicados anteriormente (Suparsa & Mantra, 2020) donde ya se apuntaba que a pesar de que los estudiantes están expuestos con mucha frecuencia a terminología relacionada con COVID-19 y con la salud, todavía existe una inadecuada comprensión de algunos de los términos.…”

Covid-19 Situated Vocabulary Development in EFL/ESL Learners: Context and Strategies

“…However, as Gibson (2016) has explored, effective computer-based instruction should incorporate cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Some other researchers have investigated that the use of the media and technology has a positive effect on vocabulary acquisition and development (Pikhart, 2021;Suparsa & Mantra, 2020). Pikhart (2021) points out that there remained a strong psycholinguistic effect of the social media on ESL learners of Generation Z during Covid-19.…”