Enhancing EFL classroom instruction via the FeedBook: effects on language development and communicative language use.
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Intelligent CALL, granular systems and learner data : short papers from EUROCALL 2022. ed. / Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir; Branislav Bédi; Linda Bradley; Kolbrún Friðriksdóttir; Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir; Sylvie Thouësny; Matthew James Whelpton. Voillans: Research-publishing.net, 2022. p. 328-333.
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T1 - Enhancing EFL classroom instruction via the FeedBook: effects on language development and communicative language use.
AU - Pili-Moss, Diana
AU - Schmidt, Torben
AU - Blume, Carolyn
AU - Middelanis, Lisa
AU - Meurers, Detmar
PY - 2022/12/12
Y1 - 2022/12/12
N2 - The present exploratory study investigated the efficacy of secondary face-to-face classroom-based English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction digitally supported by the FeedBook, an interactive computer assisted language learning web-based suite of exercises providing item-level scaffolded feedback. Seventy-seven native (L1) German seventh-grade students used the FeedBook during four two-week training periods (cycles, here we analyse Cycle 2 and 3). Classroom and FeedBook practice occurred in parallel, except for grammar constructions for which only FeedBook practice was provided (controls). At the end of Cycle 3, students engaged in a classroom-based communicative task for which the practised constructions were relevant. Custom-designed pre- and post-tests, administered via the FeedBook, assessed language accuracy in each cycle. Mixed-effect models revealed significant pre-/post-test accuracy gains independent of the learners’ proficiency in English, but not in controls. Gains from digitally supported instruction were also positively related to accurate use of EFL grammar constructions in the communicative task. Overall, the results indicate learning benefits for face-to-face classroom-based instruction supported by the FeedBook, evidenced both in grammar tests and in communicative activities.
AB - The present exploratory study investigated the efficacy of secondary face-to-face classroom-based English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction digitally supported by the FeedBook, an interactive computer assisted language learning web-based suite of exercises providing item-level scaffolded feedback. Seventy-seven native (L1) German seventh-grade students used the FeedBook during four two-week training periods (cycles, here we analyse Cycle 2 and 3). Classroom and FeedBook practice occurred in parallel, except for grammar constructions for which only FeedBook practice was provided (controls). At the end of Cycle 3, students engaged in a classroom-based communicative task for which the practised constructions were relevant. Custom-designed pre- and post-tests, administered via the FeedBook, assessed language accuracy in each cycle. Mixed-effect models revealed significant pre-/post-test accuracy gains independent of the learners’ proficiency in English, but not in controls. Gains from digitally supported instruction were also positively related to accurate use of EFL grammar constructions in the communicative task. Overall, the results indicate learning benefits for face-to-face classroom-based instruction supported by the FeedBook, evidenced both in grammar tests and in communicative activities.
KW - Didactics of English as a foreign language
KW - digital EFL learning
KW - inguistic skill transfer
KW - ICALL feedback
KW - communicative language teaching
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/89f72c55-b839-3416-b2c4-ee3b240dfad0/
U2 - 10.14705/rpnet.2022.61.1479
DO - 10.14705/rpnet.2022.61.1479
M3 - Chapter
SP - 328
EP - 333
BT - Intelligent CALL, granular systems and learner data
A2 - Arnbjörnsdóttir, Birna
A2 - Bédi, Branislav
A2 - Bradley, Linda
A2 - Friðriksdóttir, Kolbrún
A2 - Garðarsdóttir, Hólmfríður
A2 - Thouësny, Sylvie
A2 - Whelpton, Matthew James
PB - Research-publishing.net
CY - Voillans
T2 - EUROCALL Conference 2022
Y2 - 16 August 2022 through 19 August 2022
ER -