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Students’ Perceptions of Showbie as a Learning Management System in a Language Course
Get PDFapplication/pdfThe present study attempts to examine EFL learners’ attitudes towards using Showbie as aLearning Management System (LMS) in a language course. Participants were 260 first-year students studying General English at the Bunkyo English Communication Centre (BECC) at Hiroshima Bunkyo University in Japan. Students were given an iPad Self-efficacy questionnaire coupled with a Showbie Perceptions and Attitudes survey. The purpose of this research was to explore student perceptions of this newly adopted LMS as it pertained to ease of use and perceived usefulness. Findings revealed positive indicators regarding the potential for Showbie in a language learning context as a platform to support both face-to-face and online learning. The study provides language teachers with insights into the implementation of Showbie in a language learning context.departmental bulletin pape
Art workshops to forming connection with someone III : focusing on art workshops in 2021
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An analysis on descriptions of “mathematical perspective and thinking” in elementary mathematics school textbooks
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The Effects of Daily Practice Regimes on Vocabulary and Synonym Acquisition and Retention
Get PDFapplication/pdfThe foundation for this paper is receptive knowledge of synonyms. The concept for this small step toward improving vocabulary instruction is that English vocabulary range could be expanded through first teaching students strategies to use synonyms in solving reading comprehension questions. Students will then be better able to understand more texts with their expanded receptive vocabulary knowledge. Naturally, receptive knowledge is only one aspect of knowing a word. Therefore, this is not seen as the final goal. But if we cannot understand the small steps, we will not be able to supply our students a foundation from which to leap toward understanding. This study is an even smaller aspect of the receptive knowledge stage—testing a Daily Practice Regime of sentence unscrambling in relation to blank filling to see which leads to better acquisition and retention for low- mid- proficiency students. The results show that strongly engaging in either method is better than no or minimum engagement. And in the final analysis, this groups of students seemed to be better able to acquire and retain receptive knowledge of synonyms through sentence unscrambling. However, the results of vocabulary retention are more ambiguous because of two possible methods of measure. Nevertheless, the blank-filling activities led to an overall higher score for this group of students. Better methods examining differences in studentʼs ability to learn and use synonyms need to be formulated. However, this may be a small light to aid researchers in finding a foundation for staged learning that introduces more difficult elements of vocabulary knowledge as learners become more proficient.departmental bulletin pape
RAZ for all! Exploring the effects of a digital reading app in an EFL class
Get PDFapplication/pdfThis paper describes a study examining the effects of the digital English language reading tool, RAZ Kids and its implementation in classroom instruction. The study took place during the 2021-2022 academic year among a small group of first year students in the Global Communication Department at a small private university in Hiroshima, Japan. A mixed methods analysis of qualitative data in the form of anonymous surveys as well as quantitative data of the participants' time spent within the app and incentives earned are examined in order to determine participants' English reading levels and participants' perceptions of their reading skill growth. The results indicate that utilizing the RAZ Kids reading app can be a beneficial learning tool for both language educators as well as students when engaging in an extensive reading program.departmental bulletin pape
Cooperation between Care Worker Training Schools and Training Facilities for Care Training in Long-term Care Welfare Education:Based on the Results of a Questionnaire for Caregivers with Teaching Experience
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Characteristics of lower grade children's prosocial judgment in exchange activities between different grades
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