Abstract
The researchers conducted a distance video-conferencing instructional design in which 45 Chinese language learners in the US and 27 Chinese language pre-service teachers in Taiwan completed a series of collaborative assignments. Under this video-conferencing design, Chinese language learners could exercise the target language, and Chinese language pre-service teachers could also practice teaching foreign students. The result of this study showed that this video-conferencing design had a positive impact on the Chinese learners' oral ability. The pre-test scores of students in the control group (mean=71.10) were larger than those of the students in the experimental group (mean=62.62) but the difference was not statistically significant. After the treatment, the students in the experimental group(mean=87.77) outperformed significantly those in the control group(mean=79.27) on the post-oral test at the level .05 and t[42]=-2.351, p=.02. The researchers analyzed the results of the students' surveys and follow-up interviews to investigate why students under video-conferencing design had better oral learning outcome. The researcher suggested that the application of this video-conferencing mediated learning design would be helpful for those in the remedial foreign language program. And it also would increase the mutual understanding of those across the different countries.
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Chiayi Chen, Kainan University, Taiwan
Yan jin Pan, National Chiayi University, Taiwan
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Conference: CHER-HongKong2018
Stream: Questing for innovation and entrepreneurship: Curriculum design and student learning
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