Summary: | 碩士 === 國立虎尾科技大學 === 資訊管理研究所在職專班 === 102 === The purpose of the study was to explore the effect of a guided learning strategy for English vocabulary based on making sentences on-line and the students’ response toward it through questionnaire and interviews. The method adopted in this research was Pretest-posttest and quasi-experimental design with two equivalent classes, which selected from a junior high school in Yunlin County. Two 7th grade classes were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group received a guided learning strategy for English vocabulary for 18 times over 6 weeks, while the control group received traditional instruction. Data for this study were collected through an English vocabulary proficiency pre-test, an English vocabulary achievement posttest, a questionnaire toward making sentences on-line and unstructured interviews.
The results of this study are as follows:
1. With the guided learning strategy, the students of experimental group made progress in their English vocabulary learning. They learned vocabulary better and got better grades in English as well.
2. The students of experimental group gave positive responses to the guided learning strategy conducted in this study. Through the integration of the knowledge, the information and activities in the guided learning on Word Power stimulated the students to learn English joyfully and actively.
3. The guided learning strategy helped the students of experimental group enhance their motivation to learn English. Many of the students indicated that they had more interest in learning English at the end of the study.
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