Integrating ESP Courseware into Task-Based Learning in Technological Contexts for EFL Students
The study reports on integrating self-developed courseware on English for Specific Purposes (ESP)for technology industries into an elective course,English Reading for Technology, offered to junior students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in a technical university in Southern Taiwan.A computerassisted language learning (CALL) approach,combined with a task-based learning (TBL) approach,was adopted.The course mainly focused on vocabulary,listening and reading comprehension.Evaluation of implementing these information and communication technologies (ICT) into ESP instruction was based upon data firom a variety of pre-and post-tests including cloze,dictation,writing and Q&A tests.Meanwhile,a teacher-centered face-to-face (F2F) instruction on the same topic was conducted with a control group.The courseware not only provided authentic materials for learning the target ESP,but also offered learning activities with corresponding instant self-evaluation.Students enrolled in the courseware-integrated instruction made as much,and at times,even better,progress as those receiving the F2F instruction.According to student responses to questionnaires on satisfaction,most students were satisfied with the courseware-integrated instruction.It suggested that the well-structured courseware played the role of an adjunct teacher,peer and facilitator to enhance students learning.
Courseware development Courseware integration task-based learning English for specific purposes multimedia/hypermedia systems
Shuchiao Tsai Yuchun WANG
Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
国际会议
Conference on Creative Education (创新教育国际学术会议(CCE2012))
上海
英文
408-413
2012-04-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）