Authoring Robot-Assisted Instructional Materials for Improving Learning Performance and Motivation in EFL Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Zeng-Wei; Huang, Yueh-Min; Hsu, Marie; Shen, Wei-Wei
Titel	Authoring Robot-Assisted Instructional Materials for Improving Learning Performance and Motivation in EFL Classrooms
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 19 (2016) 1, S.337-349 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Instructional Materials; Robotics; Programming; Elementary School Students; Statistical Analysis; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Pretests Posttests; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Comparative Analysis; Grade 5; Curriculum Design; Measures (Individuals); Language Tests; Teacher Attitudes; Attention; Self Esteem; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Robotertechnik; Programmierung; Statistische Analyse; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Lehrplangestaltung; Messdaten; Language test; Sprachtest; Lehrerverhalten; Aufmerksamkeit; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	Anthropomorphized robots are regarded as beneficial tools in education due to their capabilities of improving teaching effectiveness and learning motivation. Therefore, one major trend of research, known as Robot- Assisted Language Learning (RALL), is trying to develop robots to support teaching and learning English as a foreign language (EFL). As more practical studies on materials development have been called for, this paper details the methods of adopting the proposed RALL framework to design robot-assisted instructional materials for elementary students studying in an EFL national curriculum in Taiwan. Quantitative and qualitative experiments were conducted in this research to investigate the learning performance and motivation of the designed robot-assisted instructional materials. Two groups of participants from an elementary school in Taiwan enrolled in this experiment. The post-test results revealed that the experimental group outperformed the control group, particularly in terms of the improvement of listening and reading skills. Furthermore, the motivation survey of the instructional materials also showed that the experimental group's learning motivation was positively influenced. Therefore, our research demonstrated that the instructional materials developed by our RALL framework provide a great opportunity to foster elementary students' English language learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01