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Title
Effects of text, audio and learner control on text-sound association and cognitive load of EFL learners
Description
This study investigated the effects of concurrent audio and equivalent onscreen text on the ability of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) to form associations between textual and aural forms of target vocabulary words. The study also looked at the effects of learner control over an audio sequence on the association of textual and aural forms of target words. Attitudes towards experimental treatments and reported level of cognitive load were also examined in the context of a computer-based multimedia instructional program. A total of 200 college students took part in the study. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental conditions in a 2 x 3 factorial design with level of learner control (learner-controlled vs. not-learner-controlled) and format of presentation of information (audio + no text vs. audio + full text vs. audio + keyword text) as factors. The subjects completed a pretest, a posttest, cognitive load questions, and an attitude questionnaire. The results revealed the following findings: (a) groups in the audio + keyword text conditions outperformed those in the audio + no text and audio + full text conditions on text-sound association, (b) within the audio + keyword text conditions, the learner-controlled group outperformed the not-learner-controlled group on text-sound association, (c) within the learner-controlled conditions, the audio + keyword group outperformed the audio + no text and audio + full text groups on text-sound association, (d) a redundancy effect was not found for any treatment condition, and (e) overall, participants had positive attitudes towards the treatments. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed within the frameworks of cognitive load theory and cognitive theory of multimedia learning.
Date Created
2014
Contributors
- Enciso Bernal, Ana Maria (Author)
- Nelson, Brian C. (Thesis advisor)
- Savenye, Wilhelmina (Committee member)
- Atkinson, Robert K. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
- Educational technology
- instructional design
- ESL/EFL
- Foreign Language Learning
- Instructional Design/Development
- Instructional Technology
- multimedia learning
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Interactive multimedia.
- English language
- Cognitive learning--Interactive multimedia.
- Cognitive learning
Resource Type
Extent
vi, 92 p. : col. ill
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25025
Statement of Responsibility
by Ana Maria Enciso Bernal
Description Source
Viewed on June 3, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2014
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-74)
Field of study: Educational technology
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