The Design and Empirical Study on Using Customized E-Books Systems for the Blended Learning of Reading Comprehension on Academic English Textbook

• Main Authors: Shih-chuan Liao, 廖士權
• Other Authors: Chih-cheng Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59660786208262842038

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 資訊管理學系 === 101 === Student with English reading comprehension skill has good relationship with learning motivation, so how to improve learning motivation has been recognized an important issue. L2 students always have to read academic English textbook on their own without teachers’ guidance and often encounter on general (vocabulary, phrase and sentence) and specific topics (article structure and professional vocabulary) English reading comprehension obstacles. Therefore, it is easy to reduce learning motivation to read for students. Researches indicate that reciprocal teaching can enhance students’ learning motivation and improve the effectiveness of reading. In recent years, the way through the eBooks for teaching is more and more popular. Therefore, the study using the clarifying and question of reciprocal teaching for the main concern aim to develop the customized eBooks systems named MyERT. MyERT not only retain vocabulary inquiries and annotation, but also add multi-level annotation, reading strategy integration of article content and two-way interactive between teachers and students. In addition, the study specifically designs three reading strategies of article composed (role, problem and action identification) for English case of human resource management. The study hopes that using MyERT for the blended learning of reading comprehension on academic English textbook can overcome the obstacles and enhance the learning motivation. The experiment was conducted to National Central University, Department of Information Management in human resource management’s students. We use the pre-test, post-test, semi-structure questionnaire and logs of using MyERT to analyze and discuss. According to the analysis results, MyERT really can help student to overcome the reading obstacles and enhance the learning motivation. Furthermore, students have positive evaluation including perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of MyERT, improvement of effectiveness of reading and enhancement of skill at reading strategies. Key word: blended learning, reciprocal teaching, customized eBooks systems, reading strategy of article composed