A Study of English Writing Instruction by Integrating Multimedia Materials

Autor: CHANG, CHIA-YING, 張佳穎
Rok vydání: 2019
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 107
Educational technology is nowadays prevailing worldwide. By using and managing appropriate online resources, students are able to facilitate learning and improve performance. Especially visualization is gaining increased visibility in education because of its convenience and universality. With multimedia and visualization aids, the style of teaching and learning is gradually changing. In the traditional classroom, teaching materials are amplified by using technology and multimedia, such as videos, images and sound. The development in multimedia brought the transitions in the forms of teaching materials and instructional tools. The purpose of this research is to investigate effect of teaching English writing with visualization aid to 2nd graders in senior high school in Taiwan. With descriptive-qualitative design, this paper aims to answer how multimedia education tool effect students’ learning results by looking into the topical structures employed in students’ descriptive writings after a series of instruction implemented with multimedia in English writing classes. Based on the above conclusions, it is highly recommended that writing instruction combined with multimedia be introduced as one of writing approaches in Taiwan in order to enhance the coherence in ESL/EFL writings. Keywords: Topical Structure Analysis, English Writing, Multimedia, English Instruction, Educational Technology
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