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Using Web-based CALL to improve English language mastery at the Republic of China Air Force Academy.

机译:在中华民国空军学院,使用基于Web的CALL来提高英语水平。

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The Republic of China, as a Foreign Military Sales country, has relied heavily on the United States (US) for military arms and supplies. Most of those arms need ongoing operational support and training from the US military. Due to this continued need for training in the US, the Republic of China Air Force Academy (ROCAFA), a military institution educating future Air Force officers, has been emphasizing English learning for its cadets. However, since the traditional instructor-centered method tends to encourage cadets to wait passively as receivers of knowledge, results have not been satisfactory based on their American Language Course Placement Test (ALCPT) scores, a standardized proficiency test used for measuring English ability. Literature indicates that blended learning is more effective than the traditional classroom type of instruction or purely online learning. In addition, due to the advances and popularity of Web-based and multimedia technologies, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) facilitates English learning in many ways and has become an important English learning tool.; The study designed a blended approach incorporating the Web-based activities into traditional classroom instruction to facilitate cadets' English learning and improve their ALCPT test scores. A commercial online CALL English learning system was licensed specifically for the current ROCAFA English class; the new learning approach was developed, implemented, and evaluated. The goal of the study was to use the proposed blended learning approach to improve the cadets' English language listening and reading comprehension thereby increasing the number of cadets qualified for training in the US. The treatment was conducted with six classes of senior cadets in two groups over an eight-week period for three hours per week. The changes in ALCPT test achievement resulting from the treatment were found to have no statistically significant difference, but the experimental group actually showed greater improvement on the listening section, had more cadets (17) score higher than 70 than the control group (8), and had the only three cadets who scored higher than 80. In addition, the overall percentage of cadets in the two groups who scored higher than 70 (31.6%) was greater than the senior cadets of the last year, 2005 (16.8%). The cadets and the instructor in the experimental group, in general, had positive attitudes toward the use of the blended approach for learning and teaching.
机译:中华民国作为外国军事销售国,在军事武器和物资方面严重依赖美国。这些武器大多数都需要美军的持续作战支持和培训。由于美国对培训的持续需求,中华民国空军学院(ROCAFA)是一家为未来的空军人员提供教育的军事机构,一直在为其学员提供英语学习。但是,由于传统的以教师为中心的方法往往会鼓励学员被动地等待知识的接受者,因此基于他们的美国语言课程入学测验(ALCPT)分数(用于衡量英语能力的标准能力测验)得出的结果并不令人满意。文献表明,混合学习比传统的课堂教学或纯在线学习更有效。另外,由于基于Web的多媒体技术的进步和普及,计算机辅助语言学习(CALL)在许多方面促进了英语学习,并已成为重要的英语学习工具。该研究设计了一种将基于Web的活动结合到传统课堂教学中的混合方法,以促进学员的英语学习并提高他们的ALCPT测试成绩。商业上的在线CALL英语学习系统已获得许可,专门用于当前的ROCAFA英语课程;开发,实施和评估了新的学习方法。该研究的目的是使用提议的混合学习方法来提高学员的英语听和读理解,从而增加在美国有资格接受培训的学员的数量。该治疗是由两组的六名高级学员在八周的时间内进行的,每周三小时。发现治疗导致的ALCPT测试成绩的变化没有统计学上的显着差异,但实验组实际上在听力方面表现出更大的改善,学员(17)的得分高于对照组(8),高于对照组(8),并且只有三名学员的得分高于80。此外,两组中得分高于70的学员的总体百分比(31.6%)高于上一年度(2005年)的高级学员(16.8%)。通常,实验组中的学员和讲师对使用混合方法进行学与教持积极态度。

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  • 作者

    Lee, Tien-chen.;

  • 作者单位

    Nova Southeastern University.;

  • 授予单位 Nova Southeastern University.;
  • 学科 Education Language and Literature.; Education Technology.; Military Studies.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2007
  • 页码 179 p.
  • 总页数 179
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 I-4;T-4;
  • 关键词

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