標題: | It is more than knowledge seeking: examining the effects of OpenCourseWare lectures on vocabulary acquisition in English as a foreign language (EFL) context |
作者: | Yang, Hui-Chi Sun, Yu-Chih 英語教學研究所 Institute of Teaching English to speakers of other Languages |
關鍵字: | OpenCourseWare;vocabulary acquisition;lecture comprehension |
公開日期: | 1-二月-2013 |
摘要: | OpenCourseWare (OCW) has received increasing attention over the past few years in higher education. These courses provide appealing opportunities to view classes taught in well-established universities worldwide. The current study aims to examine how OCW lectures can serve as authentic learning materials to facilitate vocabulary acquisition for learners learning English as a foreign language (EFL). It further investigates factors that influence the effectiveness of vocabulary acquisition via OCW lectures. Three open-course lectures from MIT and Yale University, on psychology, physics, and music, were selected. Sixty-five Taiwanese college students participated in the study. The results of pre- and post-testing indicate that learners were able to gain L2 vocabulary knowledge by simply viewing an OCW lecture once. Level of vocabulary (academic vocabulary, technical vocabulary and low-frequency vocabulary) was found to be the most influential factor affecting vocabulary acquisition through OCW lectures. In addition, learners improved more on technical words than on academic ones. Verbal elaboration was also an important factor affecting vocabulary acquisition; the more explicit the elaboration is the greater the vocabulary gain. Frequency of occurrence, on the other hand, had positive but relatively small effects on learners' vocabulary gain. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2011.624523 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/21103 |
ISSN: | 0958-8221 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09588221.2011.624523 |
期刊: | COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 1 |
起始頁: | 1 |
結束頁: | 20 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |