TY - GEN
T1 - Mind and body learn together
T2 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015
AU - Lan, Yu Ju
AU - Chen, Nian Shing
AU - Sung, Yao Ting
AU - Liu, Tzu Chien
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/9/14
Y1 - 2015/9/14
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Embodied language learning
KW - English as a foreign language
KW - Learning modality
KW - Technology enhanced language learning
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U2 - 10.1109/ICALT.2015.25
DO - 10.1109/ICALT.2015.25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84961700363
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015
SP - 469
EP - 471
BT - Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
A2 - Chen, Nian-Shing
A2 - Liu, Tzu-Chien
A2 - Kinshuk, null
A2 - Huang, Ronghuai
A2 - Hwang, Gwo-Jen
A2 - Sampson, Demetrios G.
A2 - Tsai, Chin-Chung
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 6 July 2015 through 9 July 2015
ER -