How We Can Entwine In-class Vocabulary Learning with Out-class One in English Course for Japanese EFL Learners

Author

Uosaki, Noriko ; Ogata, Hiroaki ; Sugimoto, Taro ; Hou, Bin ; Li, Mengmeng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Intell. Syst., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

27-30 March 2012

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

106

Abstract

We proposed SMALL (Seamless Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Support System) seeking for seamless language learning in our previous study. In this paper, we describe how far we have developed the system for the realization of seamless learning. As our first step, we aim to support English vocabulary learning, since vocabulary learning is one of the fundamental aspects of language learning. The initial evaluation of this system showed that the experimental group showed a larger improvement for the two kinds of tests than the control group. The experimental group uploaded less words, but learned more words than the control group. The system added some fun factor in vocabulary learning. The entwining function showed statistically significant effectiveness only when excluding two exceptional cases.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; linguistics; mobile computing; vocabulary; English as a Foreign Language education; English course; Japanese EFL learner; SMALL; Seamless Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Support System; entwining function; in-class vocabulary learning; out-class learning; word learning; Context; Correlation; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Registers; Vocabulary; EFL; Learning Log; Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL); Seamless Learning; TESOL; Vocabulary Learning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education (WMUTE), 2012 IEEE Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Takamatsu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0884-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WMUTE.2012.25

Filename

6185006