Chinese college EFL learners held strongly favorable attitudes toward a multimedia vocabulary application, with more than 80% reacting positively¶
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q2 i? More than 80% of learners reacted positively to the multimedia vocabulary application, with usefulness, ease and fun the most positive reaction characteristics. → Shao 2012
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Shao 2012¶
Jing Shao. (2012). A Study of Multimedia Application-based Vocabulary Acquisition. English Language Teaching, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n10p202
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Questionnaire data from the experimental study of 80 freshmen using the multimedia software, analyzed with SPSS; the author reports that more than 80% "reacted positively" and that usefulness, ease and fun typified the most positive reactions. No effect size is printed.
"Table 1 shows that students’ general attitudes towards using the multimedia application were significantly favorable. According to the responses to the statements, more than 80% reacted positively and the application’s “usefulness” “ease” and “fun” characteristics typifies the most positive reactions."
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