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Word knowledge expansion using different types of target words in guided data-driven learning

  • Modern English Education
  • Abbr : MEESO
  • 2016, 17(4), pp.95-118
  • Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching
  • Published : November 30, 2016

Chun, Sooin 1

1단국대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study evaluates a pilot implementation of guided data-driven learning (DDL) to expand their word knowledge of university students. As a multicase study, it investigates how students expand their word knowledge through DDL and examines the process of their learning using paper-based DDL materials. Each of eight participants undertook different sequential DDL activities using diverse types of target words― single words; synonymous pairs; and combinations of a single word and synonymous pairs. DDL reports from each student were observed to analyze how the different learning targets affected students’ word knowledge expansion and what their learning process was during the three activities. Results reveal that students improved word knowledge in several ways: 1) shifting recognition concerning form or meaning to application knowledge and 2) recognizing more and more types of the knowledge through assigned activities, regardless of types of sequential activities. Most students, however, displayed improvement in the last activity. The results demonstrate that students’ language experience is a more important factor for determining learning outcomes in DDL, than target types.

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