More efficient Training for English Communication based on Written Chat coupled with Aural Dialogue

结果发现，在大学水平的英语课程中观察到的在线书面交流（聊天）量的增长率并不明显，即使该课程减少了书面练习，为口头交流腾出空间。这两种交际方式的结合使得将聊天引入到忙碌的大学英语课程中成为可能，因为聊天作为英语课堂中一种罕见的单独的交际方式，如果与口语练习相结合，与专门用于聊天的课程相比，更容易纳入会话或讨论课。研究还发现，对于每项任务，最佳的组合是将聊天放在口头交流之前。本研究为作者长期从事三维交互式教学系统的研究做出了新的贡献。

It was discovered that the growth rate in volume of online written communication (chat) observed in a college-level English course is no less noticeable even when the course reduces written exercise to make room for oral communication. The combination of the two modes of communication makes it possible to introduce chat to busy college English curriculum because chat, a still rare mode of communication for a sole activity of an English class, would be easier to include in a conversational or discussion class if coupled with oral exercise in comparison to a course exclusively devoted for chat. It was also found out that the best combination is to place chat before oral communication for each task. This research has made a new contribution to the author's long-term research on 3-dimensional interactive education system.