@inproceedings{81f46e9f65554566bf05124173591da0,
title = "Mind and body learn together: Embodied cognition and language learning",
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 = "Embodied language learning, English as a foreign language, Learning modality, Technology enhanced language learning",
author = "Lan, {Yu Ju} and Chen, {Nian Shing} and Sung, {Yao Ting} and Liu, {Tzu Chien}",
year = "2015",
month = sep
day = "14",
doi = "10.1109/ICALT.2015.25",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "469--471",
editor = "Nian-Shing Chen and Tzu-Chien Liu and Kinshuk and Ronghuai Huang and Gwo-Jen Hwang and Sampson, {Demetrios G.} and Chin-Chung Tsai",
booktitle = "Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies",
note = "15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015 ; Conference date: 06-07-2015 Through 09-07-2015",
}