A Mobile-Device-Supported Peer-Assisted Learning System for Collaborative Early EFL Reading

Yu-Ju Lan; Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 11, No. 3 (October 2007) pp. 130–151

Collaborative learning methods which emphasize peer interaction have been widely applied to increase the intensity and effectiveness of EFL reading programs. However, simply grouping students heterogeneously and assigning them group goals does not...

From Particular to Popular: Facilitating EFL Mobile-Supported Cooperative Reading

Yu-Ju Lan; Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 17, No. 3 pp. 23–38

This paper reports the results of an action research-based study that adapted a mobile-supported cooperative reading system into regular English as a foreign language (EFL) classes at one Taiwanese elementary school. The current study was comprised...

Effects of Guided Writing Strategies on Students' Writing Attitudes Based on Media Richness Theory

Yu-Feng Lan; Chun-Ling Hung; Hung-Ju Hsu

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 148–164

The purpose of this paper is to develop different guided writing strategies based on media richness theory and further evaluate the effects of these writing strategies on younger students' writing attitudes in terms of motivation, enjoyment and...

Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary: Context of Learning Effects

Yu-Ju Lan; Shin-Yi Fang; Jennifer Legault; Ping Li

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 63, No. 5 (2015) pp. 671–690

In an increasingly multilingual world, it is important to examine methods that may lead to more efficient second language learning, as well as to analyze the mechanisms by which successful learning occurs. The purpose of the current study was to...

CoCAR: An Online Synchronous Training Model for Empowering ICT Capacity of Teachers of Chinese as a Foreign Language

Yu-Ju Lan; Kuo-En Chang; Nian-Shing Chen

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 6 (2012)

In response to the need to cultivate pre-service Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) teachers' information and communication technology (ICT) competency in online synchronous environments, this research adopted a three-stage cyclical model named ...

Let us read together: Development and evaluation of a computer-assisted reciprocal early English reading system

Yu-Ju Lan; Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 1188–1198

This study attempts to implement a cooperative reading environment for EFL early reading using a mobile-device-supported computer-assisted reciprocal early English reading (CAREER) system, and to evaluate its effect on the early reading skills and...

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Effective Learning Design of Game-Based 3D Virtual Language Learning Environments for Special Education Students

Yu-Ju Lan; Indy Y. T. Hsian; Mei-Feng Shih

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 3 (2018) pp. 213–227

This current study aimed at creating a 3D virtual environment on Second Life particularly for special education students to enhance their first language, Mandarin, learning in vocabulary and sentence structures. Four students aged between 8 and 9...

Gender-Related Differences in Collaborative Learning in a 3D Virtual Reality Environment by Elementary School Students

Yi-Lien Yeh; Yu-Ju Lan; Yen-Ting R. Lin

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 204–216

This study aimed to understand how children collaborated to create their own stories in a 3D virtual reality (VR) environment and to explore whether there were any gender-related differences in this learning setting. A total of 65 students (38...

Designing interaction tasks in Second Life for Chinese as a foreign language learners: A preliminary exploration

Yu-Ju Lan; Yu-Hsuan Kan; Indy Hsiao; Stephen Yang; Kuo-En Chang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 2 (May 10, 2013) pp. 184–202

The aims of this research were to develop guidelines for designing interaction tasks for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) and to investigate the attitudes of CFL learners toward a full CFL class in Second Life (SL). Three research...

Exploring the Relationship between Self-Regulated Vocabulary Learning and Web-Based Collaboration

Sarah Hsueh-Jui Liu; Yu-Ju Lan; Cloudia Ya-Yu Ho

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 4 pp. 404–419

Collaborative learning has placed an emphasis on co-constructing knowledge by sharing and negotiating meaning for problem-solving activities, and this cannot be accomplished without governing the self-regulatory processes of students. This study...

Oral-Performance Language Tasks for CSL Beginners in Second Life

Yu-Ju Lan; Yu-Hsuan Kan; Yao-Ting Sung; Kuo-En Chang

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 20, No. 3 (2016) pp. 60–79

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different types of language tasks performed in Second Life (SL) on the oral performance of beginners of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL), focusing on oral accuracy. The 30 CSL beginners who...

Computer-Supported Cooperative Prewriting for Enhancing Young EFL Learners' Writing Performance

Yu-Ju Lan; Yao-Ting Sung; Chia-Chun Cheng; Kuo-En Chang

Language Learning & Technology Vol. 19, No. 2 pp. 134–155

The current study investigated the effects of different computer-supported cooperative prewriting strategies (text-based brainstorming, drawing, and mind mapping) on the writing performance of elementary-school EFL (English as a foreign language)...

Integrating Worked Examples into Problem Posing in a Web-Based Learning Environment

Ju-Yuan Hsiao; Chun-Ling Hung; Yu-Feng Lan; Yoau-Chau Jeng

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 166–176

Most students always lack of experience and perceive difficult regarding problem posing. The study hypothesized that worked examples may have benefits for supporting students' problem posing activities. A quasi-experiment was conducted in the...

Mobile-Device-Supported Strategy for Chinese Reading Comprehension

Kuo-En Chang; Yu-Ju Lan; Chien-Mei Chang; Yao-Ting Sung

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 47, No. 1 (February 2010) pp. 69–84

The work described in this paper explores the feasibility of using of a wireless handheld system (WHS) that supports the individual and co-operative reading activities of students and helps teachers implement reading strategy instruction in Chinese...

Real Body versus 3D Avatar: The Effects of Different Embodied Learning Types on EFL Listening Comprehension

Yu-Ju Lan; Wei-Chieh Fang; Indy Y. T. Hsiao; Nian-Shing Chen

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 3 (2018) pp. 709–731

The current study aimed at investigating how different types of embodied learnings influence elementary school students' English as a foreign language (EFL) listening performance. Two kinds of embodied learnings: real and physical body versus the 3D ...

Mobile-Device-Supported Problem-Based Computational Estimation Instruction for Elementary School Students

Yu-Ju Lan; Yao-Ting Sung; Ning-chun Tan; Chiu-Pin Lin; Kuo-En Chang

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 13, No. 3 (2010) pp. 55–69

This study implemented a three-stage problem-based estimation instruction scenario and combined it with mobile technology to provide elementary teachers with an effective e-tool for observing student estimation and leading effective class or group...

Designing Interaction Tasks in Second Life for Chinese as a Foreign Language Learners: A Preliminary Exploration

Yu-Ju Lan; Yu-Hsuan Kan; Indy Y. T. Hsiao; Stephen J. H. Yang; Kuo-En Chang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 2 (2013) pp. 184–202

The aims of this research were to develop guidelines for designing interaction tasks for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) and to investigate the attitudes of CFL learners toward a full CFL class in Second Life (SL). Three research...