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50 Years of ERIC
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A Comparison Study of the Effects of a Story-based Video Instructional Package Versus a Text-based Instructional Package in the Intermediate-level Foreign Language Classroom
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Herron, Carol; York, Holly; Corrie, Cathleen; Cole, Steven P. – CALICO Journal, 2006
This study compared a story-based video instructional package, with a feature-length film as its focus, to a text-based program. It explored the effectiveness of each approach to enhance the listening and grammar performances of intermediate-level college French students. Twenty-seven students at two institutions participated. A pretest-posttest…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Films, Listening Skills, French
Teacher-Assisted versus Individual Viewing of Foreign Language Video: Relation to Comprehension, Self-Efficacy, and Engagement
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Mills, Nicole; Herron, Carol; Cole, Steven P. – CALICO Journal, 2004
As teachers' roles evolve in technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), choices of technological devices and instructional delivery and the degree of foreign language (FL) teacher facilitation within TELL activities are prominent. This investigation compared 53 beginning college French students' comprehension of FL video in a teacher-assisted…
Descriptors: French, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Comprehension
An Empirical Investigation of whether Authentic Web Sites Facilitate Intermediate-Level French Language Students' Ability to Learn Culture
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Dubreil, Sebastien; Herron, Carol; Cole, Steven P. – CALICO Journal, 2004
This investigation examined the effects of authentic Francophone web sites on cultural learning at the intermediate level. Fifty-four students "surfed" eight web sites. A pre-posttest design assessed long-term gains in culture and the learning of practices, products, and perspectives from exposure to a curriculum with Internet activities. Eight…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Investigations, Academic Achievement, Advance Organizers
Using Instructional Video To Teach Culture to Beginning Foreign Language Students.
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Herron, Carol; Dubreil, Sebastien; Cole, Steven P.; Corrie, Cathleen – CALICO Journal, 2000
Examines whether foreign language students learn cultural information embedded in videos. Fifty beginning French students viewed eight targeted videos as part of their multimedia-based curriculum. A pretest and posttest assessed long-term gains in overall cultural knowledge and in the learning of little "c" culture (practices) and Big "c" culture…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Cultural Awareness, French