The author reports clear evidence that multimedia application supported vocabulary acquisition development among Chinese EFL learners over one semester¶

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q2 i? After one semester with 80 participants, the study reports clear evidence of the multimedia application's effectiveness for vocabulary acquisition development. → Shao 2012

Evidence¶

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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Quasi-experimental study with two parallel classes of 40 freshmen each, assigned by entrance-examination scores to multimedia-based versus traditional vocabulary instruction for one semester. The author reports the result as encouraging with "clear evidences showing the effectiveness"; no test statistics or effect sizes are printed in the text.

"An experimental study of multimedia application was implemented with 80 participants for about one semester. After qualitative and quantitative data analysis, we found the result of the study is encouraging."

Discussion¶

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