Font Size: a A A

An Empirical Study On Ethnic Preparatory Students' English Vocabulary Teaching Supported By Mobile Technology

Posted on:2017-12-31Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L W LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330542950478Subject:Education Technology
Abstract/Summary:PDF Full Text Request
Currently,the worldwide “Internet + Education” has entered into the historic change period of digitization and intelligentization.Mobile technology greatly accelerates the process of teaching and learning: rich media provide multiple possibilities for learners,esp.on web-based collaborative learning environment and individual virtual learning environment.In addition,intensified mobile technology,such as behavioral measurement and wireless sensor,and wearable technology help to optimize learning experience on coordinative participation and cooperation exchange for teachers and students,and provide convenience for the diagnosis of learning effect.The object of the study is ethnic preparatory students,who come from different regions of China with complicated sources and different levels of English vocabulary.It is hard for the traditional classes to meet the above-mentioned needs.It has positive practical significance to provide a new solution and approach to support Ethnic Preparatory Students' English vocabulary teaching combining with mobile technology so as to meet the individualized learning demands of different learners.The study firstly explains its background,contents and significance,evaluates current mobile learning mode,and analyzes in detail the necessity and feasibility of applying mobile technology to ethnic preparatory students' English vocabulary learning.Moreover,through the combing of the theory of mobile learning and the analysis of its connotation,it states the system environment of mobile learning,and analyzes in greater detail the key mobile learning technology for supporting Ethnic Preparatory Students' English vocabulary teaching.Furthermore,combining ethnic preparatory students' actual demands and the characteristic of their English vocabulary learning,it designs a basic frame of Ethnic Preparatory Students' English vocabulary mobile learning from the following5 aspects,the design of mobile learning environment,the design of mobile learning activities,the content curation of mobile learning,the support service of mobile learning,the effectiveness evaluation of mobile learning,and puts forwarda whole set of teaching design flow and implementation steps.Last,it carries out a9-week-long experimental research and a practical test of the ethnic preparatory students' English vocabulary learning mode supported by mobile technology,dissects and reflects on the problems existing in its implementation process.Through study and practice,ethnic preparatory students' English vocabulary teaching mode supported by mobile technology is effective.Mobile learning can create ubiquitous learning context for Ethnic Preparatory Students' English learning,help to realize differentiated and individualized teaching,and effectively promote the action and participation of learners.The experiment conclusion indicates that,compared with traditional fixed English class,Ethnic Preparatory Students' mobile learning mode can better improve Ethnic Preparatory learners' memory level of English vocabulary,enhance their mastery of vocabulary and arouse greater interest in English learning.
Keywords/Search Tags:Mobile Learning Technology, Mobile Learning Environment, Ethnic Preparatory Students' English Vocabulary Learning, Empirical Study
PDF Full Text Request
Related items