A Production Practice through Animated Pictures : The role of exemplars

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  • アニメーションによるexemplarを活用した意味表出の指導法

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This article reports on the role of exemplars which the teacher presents as models for answers in conversational English. The subjects of the study were two groups of college students the author taught by different methods in different academic years. One of the groups was taught by the "Semantic Category Practice" method, and the other by the "Exemplar Practice" method aided by Flash animation. The results of the final test show that the "Exemplar Practice" group made highly frequent use of exemplars which had been practiced in class and that they outperformed the other group for the total words in their responses. It is argued that exemplars facilitate learners' oral performance if they are based on an analysis of communicative need and practiced through efficient multimedia. Theoretical implications for usage-based learning are discussed.

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  • CASELE Research Bulletin

    CASELE Research Bulletin 38 (0), 91-100, 2008

    The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education

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