检查翻转学习对第二语言发展的影响:高等教育中的准实验
Zhengkun Yan1, Qian Liu1, Yifei Chen2
1School of Languages and Media, Anhui University of Finance & Economics, Bengbu, China.
Heliyon
|July 19, 2024
概括
在英语课程中翻转学习显著提高了大学生的第二语言技能,特别是在阅读方面. 然而,效率因熟练程度和技能而异,表明需要量身定制的教学.
科学领域:
- 教育技术的教育技术
- 应用语言学 应用语言学
- 获得第二语言的学习.
背景情况:
- 传统的外语英语 (EFL) 教学在促进第二语言 (L2) 发展方面面临着挑战.
- 翻转学习 (FL) 通过逆转传统的课堂活动,提供了一个潜在的替代方案.
- 了解FL对各种L2技能和学生熟练程度的具体影响,对于有效的教学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查翻转英语作为外语 (EFL) 课程对大学生L2发展的因果关系.
- 分析FL在不同语言技能 (阅读,写作,倾听) 和熟练程度水平上的影响的异质性.
- 为在高等教育L2环境中实施FL提供教学意义.
主要方法:
- 一个为期18周的准实验设计,涉及612名中国大学一年级学生.
- 随机分配到治疗 (反转学习) 和对照组.
- 倾向性得分匹配和差异差异 (PSM-DID) 模型应用于高风险评估中的规范得分.
主要成果:
- 统计学上显著的反转学习对整体L2表现的积极影响被确定.
- 观察到FL有效性的实质性异质性,与阅读和写作相比,阅读和倾听的收益更大.
- 量子回归显示,较低水平的学生在阅读和听力方面获益最多,但在写作方面表现出适度的收益.
结论:
- 翻转学习证明了在大学EFL环境中改善L2结果的因果关系.
- 对于FL的教学设计应该考虑技能特定的变化和学生的熟练程度,以获得最佳的结果.
- 建议使用更严格的实验设计进行进一步的研究,以完善在L2教育中FL有效性的估计.
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