Using mobile phones for vocabulary activities: Examining the effect of the platform
Using mobile phones for vocabulary activities: Examining the effect of the platform
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2010-06
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3.8
通讯作者：
Glenn Stockwell
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作者：
Glenn Stockwell
虽然研究人员已经指出了诸如小屏幕和不方便的屏幕之类的问题（例如，Thornton & Houser，2002），我们仍然对移动的平台如何影响活动完成的方式以及学习者如何做出使用移动的手机的决定知之甚少。Stockwell（2007 b）提供了初步证据，表明学习者通常需要更多的时间来完成词汇活动，并且与在台式电脑上完成相同的活动相比，在移动的手机上完成的分数略低，但研究中的数据有限。本研究调查了175名中级英语学习者，他们可以选择在移动的手机或台式电脑上完成词汇活动，以确定移动的平台的效果。在三年的时间内从三个学习者群体收集数据，并分析学习者活动在两个平台上完成活动所需的时间以及他们在活动中取得的成绩。研究的结果进行了讨论的平台如何影响学习者的能力，完成任务，是否继续使用有助于提高性能或持续使用的移动的平台随着时间的推移。还确定了年度队列的趋势。
While problems such as small screens and inconvenient keypads have been pointed out by researchers (e.g., Thornton & Houser, 2002), we still have little knowledge of how the mobile platform affects the way in which activities are completed and how learners make decisions about using mobile phones. Stockwell (2007b) provided preliminary evidence that learners generally require more time to complete vocabulary activities and achieved slightly lower scores on mobile phones when compared to completing the same activities on desktop computers, but data in the study were limited. The current study examines 175 pre-intermediate learners of English who could choose to complete vocabulary activities on either a mobile phone or a desktop computer to identify the effect of the mobile platform. Data were collected from three cohorts of learners over a three-year period, and learner activity was analysed for the amount of time required to complete activities on both platforms and the scores they achieved for the activities. The results of the study are discussed in terms of how the platform affects learners’ ability to complete tasks, whether continued usage contributes to improved performance or sustained usage of the mobile platform over time. Trends across the yearly cohorts were also identified.