The Effects of Multimedia Storybook Teaching on English Word Recognition Ability and World Cultural Knowledge

• Main Authors: HUANG, SHU-WEN, 黃淑紋
• Other Authors: CHEN, CHIN-FEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66923925193094454897

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 兒童英語教育學系碩士班 === 105 === This 11-week quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effects of the picture book instruction through multimedia on 4th graders’ English word recognition and world cultural knowledge. Forty-two 4th graders from two classes in an elementary school in New Taipei City participated in this study, serving as the experimental group and the control group respectively. The former received picture book instruction through multimedia, and the latter received the conventional picture book instruction forty minutes a week for 11 weeks. Data required for the study were collected through the pre- and posttests of word recognition and world cultural knowledge, as well as a feedback questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics, frequency distribution, percentage counting, paired sample and independent t-tests. The study results reveal that both groups made significant progress in word recognition and world cultural knowledge respectively, while their results did not reach significant differences, which implies that, in addition to the conventional picture book instruction, the picture book instruction via multimedia is an alternative way to promote EFL 4th graders’ English word recognition and world cultural knowledge effectively. Moreover, the experimental group highly evaluated the instruction and held positive attitude toward it. Finally, based on the results of this study, some suggestions for English teaching and further studies are provided.