Development of Remedial CALL Materials for Improving English Listening Skills of Japanese College Freshmen

开发提高日本大学新生英语听力的CALL补习材料

• 批准号: 16320071
• 负责人: TAKAHASHI Hideo
• 金额: $ 9.41万
• 依托单位: Chiba University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2004 至 2006
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16320071/
• 关键词: English Education; CALL; Efficiency of the Material; Authoring System; TOEIC; Auditory Comprehension; Learner Level; Learners' Interests; TOElC; レメディアル教材; マルチメディア; 学習者の英語レベル

The present study served the following three purposes : 1) to develop an authoring system which enabled EFL instructors and researchers to create CALL software more efficiently and cost-effectively, 2) to develop pre-intermediate level CALL English material appealing to the interests of Japanese college freshmen, 3) to evaluate the performance of the developed material and the authoring system.As a result of a questionnaire survey given to college students, "daily life in the US" was adopted as the main theme for developing new CALL material. Filming was done in the US in the states of New York, New Jersey, and Alabama where a total of eight hours of natural conversation and interviews were videotaped and 6000 photographs were taken. The Three-Step Auditory Comprehension Approach was adopted as the basic theory in the development of the courseware.The principal specifications of the authoring system are : 1) the courseware is described in Excel files, 2) a converter program converts the Excels files to XML files which are linked to particular audio, video, and still image folders, 3) a series of JavaScript programs present the XML-converted courseware and linked information to the learners using the functions of MS Internet Explorer.The evaluation of the developed CALL material by college students revealed that : 1) the material was rated more difficult than previously developed elementary-level material and easier than pre-developed intermediate-level material, 3) the material appeals to the students' interests as much as the highly-evaluated material previously developed, 4) English skills of the college students measured by TOEIC score improved 56.2 points by the use of the material for four months. The usability of the authoring system was evaluated by developing other CALL material using the system which showed that it enables us to reduce 90% of the time and expense for creating CALL software.

本研究报告有以下三个目的：1）开发一个写作系统，使外语教师和研究人员能够更有效和更经济地开发CALL软件，2）开发符合日本大学新生兴趣的中级水平前CALL英语材料，3）对所开发的教材和写作系统的性能进行评价。以“美国的日常生活”为主题，开发了新的CALL教材。拍摄工作在美国的纽约、新泽西和亚拉巴马三个州进行，共拍摄了8个小时的自然对话和采访录像，拍摄了6000张照片。本课件的开发以听觉理解三步法为理论基础，其主要技术指标为：1）课件以Excel文件描述，2）转换器程序将Excel文件转换为链接到特定音频、视频和静止图像文件夹的XML文件，3）利用MS Internet Explorer的功能，通过一系列的JavaScript程序将XML转换后的课件和链接信息呈现给学习者。1）该材料被评为比以前开发的初级材料更难，比预先开发的中级材料更容易，3）该材料与以前开发的高度评价的材料一样吸引学生的兴趣，（4）使用该材料四个月后，以托业成绩衡量的大学生英语技能提高了56.2分。开发其他CALL材料使用该系统的可用性进行了评估，这表明它使我们能够减少90%的时间和费用，为创建CALL软件。

项目成果

Developing an Internet-Based CALL System Using the Three-Step Auditory Comprehension Approach.

使用三步听觉理解方法开发基于互联网的 CALL 系统。

• 发表时间: 2007
• 期刊: Papers on Languages and Cultures Vol.1
• 作者: Doi;Mitsuru;et al.
• 通讯作者: et al.

これからの英語教育

英语教育的未来

• 发表时间: 2005
• 作者: 竹蓋幸生;水光雅則編著
• 通讯作者: 水光雅則編著

三ラウンド・システムに基づいたインターネット対応型CALLシステムの開発

基于三轮制的兼容互联网的CALL系统的开发

• 发表时间: 2005
• 期刊: 日本教育工学会第21回全国大会講演論文集
• 作者: Takefuta;Yukio;et al.;竹蓋幸生他;土肥充;土肥充他
• 通讯作者: 土肥充他

Development of an Effective CALL System for Japanese College Students of English.

为日本英语专业学生开发有效的 CALL 系统。

• 发表时间: 2005
• 期刊: Journal of the Educational Application of Information Technologies Vol.8, No.1
• 作者: Takefuta;Yukio;et al.
• 通讯作者: et al.

TOEIC IPによる千葉大生の英語力の現状分析

利用 TOEIC IP 分析千叶大学学生英语水平现状

• 发表时间: 2006
• 期刊: 人文と教育 2
• 作者: Takefuta;Yukio;et al.;竹蓋幸生他;土肥充
• 通讯作者: 土肥充