Investigating the effects of a mobile-assisted vocabulary learning activity on vocabulary retention and motivation among Chinese University EFLs

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Investigating the effects of a mobile-assisted vocabulary learning activity on vocabulary retention and motivation among Chinese University EFLs

Identifier

DSP2017Wang

Subjects

["English language"]

Type

["Text"]

Genre

["Dissertations"]

Format

["application/pdf"]

Rights

Access to this document has been permanently and indefinitely restricted by the author until or unless the author submits a written request to Special Collections & Archives to change the access restrictions and/or make it freely available. Only Albert S. Cook Library staff members may access this file for administrative purposes unless written permission from the author is presented to staff members of the Towson University Special Collections & Archives department. Copyright protected, all rights reserved.

General Notes

Doctoral thesis research directed by the Department of Educational Technology and Literacy.

Extent

xi, 236 pages

Language

["English"]

File Size

3206014 Bytes

Repository

["Towson University. Albert S. Cook Library. Special Collections and University Archives"]

Collection Name

["Towson University Graduate Theses and Dissertations"]

Author

Wang, Zhuo

Alternative Title

Investigating the effect of a mobile assisted vocabulary learning activity on vocabulary retention and motivation among Chinese University EFL students

Degree Date

2017

Department or Program

["Towson University. Department of Educational Technology and Literacy"]

Abstract

Despite its significance in language acquisition, vocabulary learning is often considered one of the most difficult obstacles learners must overcome in the initial stage of language learning. In recent years, the difficulty of vocabulary memorization has also been reported as an important factor that has caused the decrease of motivation to learn English among Chinse university EFLs. Numerous research studies indicate that motivation plays a critical role in L2 learning: It forecasts learners’ long-term effort in language learning and can even predict their learning success in this regard. Therefore, it is paramount to integrate a learning approach that not only improves students’ vocabulary learning effectiveness, but also enhances their motivation. This study investigated the effect of a mobile-assisted vocabulary learning activity with contextualized imagery on students’ vocabulary retention and motivation to learn English. Eight classes of freshmen (N = 221) from two universities in northeastern China participated in the study. A linear mixed model with repeated measures was used to detect the activity’s effect between experimental and control groups, and the results indicated that overall there was a positive effect of the intervention on students’ vocabulary retention and motivation, though with inconsistent statistical significance values, suggesting that other factors might be in effect, and future research with recommended designs are needed to draw more definite conclusions.

Thesis Committee Members

["Martinez-Alba, Gilda","McNary, Scot","Song, Liyan"]

Date Published

15 November 2017

Author (Controlled)

["Wang, Zhou"]

Thesis Advisor

["Watulak, Sarah C. Lohnes"]

Degree Note

(Ed. D.) -- Towson University, 2017.

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