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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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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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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