Assessing English Vocabulary and Enhancing Young English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners' Motivation through Games, Songs, and Stories

Autor/in	Chou, Mu-hsuan
Titel	Assessing English Vocabulary and Enhancing Young English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners' Motivation through Games, Songs, and Stories
Quelle	In: Education 3-13, 42 (2014) 3, S.284-297 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4279
DOI	10.1080/03004279.2012.680899
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Elementary School Students; Student Evaluation; Vocabulary Development; Holidays; Mixed Methods Research; Observation; Questionnaires; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student Participation; Comparative Analysis; Second Language Learning; Program Evaluation; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Wortschatzarbeit; Holiday; Feiertag; Ferien; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05
Abstract	In Taiwan, English was only officially taught at the secondary and tertiary levels before 2001. Since 2001, English courses have been formally incorporated into the curriculum in primary schools. Research on teaching and assessing English in primary school education is relatively new compared with research on other levels of education in Taiwan. The present study investigated the degree to which games, songs, and stories helped increase primary school pupils' English vocabulary size and encouraged learning in an intensive English course. It also explored how different test techniques influenced pupils' performance on a vocabulary test. Seventy-two primary school pupils participated in the study. The results showed that games, songs, and stories had a positive effect on learning and increasing the pupils' English vocabulary. In the vocabulary test, the pupils in higher grades outperformed those in lower grades and performed differently in terms of test techniques. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10