Does ABRACADABRA Help Improve the English Reading Ability of Chinese Elementary School Students? A Quasi-Natural Experimental Study

Autor/inn/en	Gu, Hui; Yao, Jijun; Bai, Ping; Zhou, Longjun; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Abrami, Philip C.
Titel	Does ABRACADABRA Help Improve the English Reading Ability of Chinese Elementary School Students? A Quasi-Natural Experimental Study
Quelle	In: Science Insights Education Frontiers, 9 (2021) 2, S.1221-1240 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2644-058X
Schlagwörter	Computer Software; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Spelling; Reading Skills; English (Second Language); Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Program Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Language Skills; Foreign Countries; Faculty Development; Elementary School Teachers; Second Language Instruction; Age Differences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schreibweise; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	ABRACADABRA (abbreviated as ABRA) is a software developed by Concordia University in Canada that focuses on natural spelling and aims to improve English reading ability. This research is based on 129 first graders, 213 second graders, and 275 third graders in the elementary school of Lianyungang Ganyu Huajie Bilingual School. We carried out a one-semester pre-and post-test and quasi-natural experimental research design to explore the effect of ABRA on students of different grades. The study results showed that ABRA improved students' abilities in all grades to varying degrees, but the impact of the first graders got the most significant. The results of classroom observations and interviews with teachers showed that teachers needed to apply systematic teaching strategies and the control of class attention play a key role in it. To improve students' English ability, teachers need to effectively improve their ability to apply information technology, especially in English class. Particularly in low-grade classrooms, attention should be paid to the management of class discipline to maintain its efficiency. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01