Contemporary Tutorial Call: Using Purpose-Built Video as a Grammar Tutor

Autor/inn/en	Merlo, Jarrad R.; Gruba, Paul A.
Titel	Contemporary Tutorial Call: Using Purpose-Built Video as a Grammar Tutor
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 38 (2015) 1, S.50-65 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
Schlagwörter	Video Technology; Grammar; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Computer Assisted Instruction; Intelligent Tutoring Systems; English (Second Language); Pretests Posttests; Drills (Practice); College Students; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Linguistic Input; Language Tests; Verbs; Morphemes; Scores; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Intelligentes Tutorsystem; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Collegestudent; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Sprachbildung; Language test; Sprachtest; Morphem; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Despite an increased emphasis on form-focused instruction (FFI), the use of the computer as a grammar tutor has remained largely unexamined for nearly two decades. With new technologies at hand, there is a need to take a fresh look at online grammar tutors and link designs more strongly to contemporary second language acquisition (SLA) principles and the concept of a teaching presence. The aim of this study, therefore, is to investigate the potential of using a purpose-built digital video series as a virtual grammar tutor. To achieve this aim, we used a pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test to evaluate the impact of a purpose-built grammar video on 62 EFL university students. The results of the study demonstrate that purpose-built video has strong potential for use as a virtual grammar tutor. Consequently, it may be possible to improve the state of Tutorial CALL from a drill-based approach to one that is more substantive through the development of a series of step-based video tutorials that tutor, allow for the practice of and evaluate second language (L2) grammar skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. e-mail: info@alaa.org.au; Web site: http://www.alaa.org.au/page/aral_journal.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01