DocumentCode :
737227
Title :
Mind and Body Learn Together: Embodied Cognition and Language Learning
Author :
Lan, Yu-Ju ; Chen, Nian-Shing ; Sung, Yao-Ting ; Liu, Tzu-Chien
fYear :
2015
fDate :
6-9 July 2015
Firstpage :
469
Lastpage :
471
Abstract :
The study aims at investigating how the fitness between learners´ learning styles and adopted learning modalities influences the learning of English as a foreign language (EFL) by elementary school students. A quantitative research was adopted. 87 fifth graders participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to three groups of learning modalities: video, gesture-based, and 3D virtual. They learned 18 English phrases related to motions for 3 times, once a week. Both performance test and learning style questionnaire were administered after the treatment completed. The analysis results of the current study show that the EFL learners´ performances did not differ among the three learning modalities. However, EFL learners´ learning styles also influence their performance. Implications of this study for language education and teaching are discussed.
Keywords :
Avatars; Cognition; Education; Employee welfare; Psychology; Second Life; Three-dimensional displays; English as a foreign language; embodied language learning; learning modality; technology enhanced language learning;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hualien, Taiwan
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2015.25
Filename :
7265384
Link To Document :
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