ERIC Number: EJ1099294
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0958-8221
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Evaluating Listening and Speaking Skills in a Mobile Game-Based Learning Environment with Situational Contexts
Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Shih, Timothy K.; Ma, Zhao-Heng; Shadiev, Rustam; Chen, Shu-Yu
Computer Assisted Language Learning, v29 n4 p639-657 2016
Game-based learning activities that facilitate students' listening and speaking skills were designed in this study. To participate in learning activities, students in the control group used traditional methods, while students in the experimental group used a mobile system. In our study, we looked into the feasibility of mobile game-based learning activities. One experiment was carried out and the results revealed that the experimental-group students significantly outperformed the control-group students on the verbal post-test. However, the performance of the two groups was equal on the listening post-test. Two variables (the average score for the interactive jigsaw game and the number of designed cards) were found to be the most important factors for influencing students' performance in the verbal post-test. Furthermore, most students had positive perceptions toward learning activities that are supported by a mobile system. These results suggest that game-based learning activities can significantly improve students' speaking skills if driven by a mobile system. Furthermore, these results suggest that learning activities with a mobile system foster students to (1) practice speaking English as a foreign language (EFL) more frequently as well as to reflect on their speech; (2) create meaningful sentences and speak with greater accuracy and confidence; and (3) practice speaking EFL in an authentic context.
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Listening Skills, Speech Skills, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Females, High School Students, Conventional Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Questionnaires, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Statistical Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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