Using digital stories to enhence vocabulary retention in the EFL classroom Presenter: Ellie Lin

Instructor: Dr. Teresa HsuDate: Jun 29, 2015

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IntroductionLiterature

review Methodology

ContentsContents

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Research background

Statement of problem

Purpose of the study

Research questions

IntroductionIntroduction

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Research backgroundResearch background

Enriching young students’ language acquisition

naturally and developing their traditional cultural

cognition simply, therefore, utilizing multimedia-

based digital stories can be a fascinating

instruction and influence for younger learners.

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Statement of the problemStatement of the problem

Some teachers prefer repeated memorization as a

teaching vocabulary technique, it causes students

lack lingual comprehension. Therefore, the poor

capacity of learning linguistics is understood.

Without equipping an effective learning method, that

students enlarge and recall vocabulary is hard.

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Purpose of the studyPurpose of the study

To investigate whether the Internet based

digital stories can enhance young

Taiwanese EFL learners’ vocabulary

retention

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Research questionsResearch questions

Q1: Do computer-based stories have any effect on Taiwanese elementary students’ vocabulary retention?

Q2: Do computer-based stories have any long-term effect on Taiwanese elementary students’ vocabulary retention?

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Literature reviewLiterature review

Digital stories

Digital stories & vocabulary

Vocabulary retention

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Digital storiesDigital stories

Multimedia applications for foreign language learning

can provide a more realistic picture of the new

language and culture in the classroom, including not

only linguistic but also paralinguistic features such

as body language, gestures, prosody, etc., which help

to convey meanings to the learners.

(Brett, 1995; Fidelman, 1997; Gassin, 1992 & Hurley, 1992)

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It is said that “verbal and visual annotations in a

multimedia environment can assist them in their

acquisition of new vocabulary form and

comprehension of an aural L2 language.”

(Jones, 2003)

Digital stories & vocabularyDigital stories & vocabulary

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Vocabulary retentionVocabulary retention

“Learners have better recall and appropriate

use of the words when they learn them coded

dually, verbally and visually, than when the

words are coded in a single manner”.

(Ezabadi, 2011, p. 153)

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MethodologyMethodology

Participants

Instruments

Procedures

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ParticipantsParticipants

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The academic year 2014 (the fall semester)

InstrumentsInstruments

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InstrumentsInstruments

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InstrumentsInstruments

The butterfly trait (from BBC)

Topics Notions/concepts

Functions Grammar Language skills

Requires interface abilities

Places

Animals;

Colours;

Actions;

Following instructions; narrating

Presenttenses

Listening Listen, watch & react by clicking objects

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ProceduresProcedures

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A quasi- experimental study

ProceduresProcedures

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5~10 min questionnaire

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Thank You

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Nothing is

impossible;

the word

itself says

“ I’m

possible”!

(Audrey Hepburn)

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