University freshmen learning academic vocabulary via SMS show no significant short-term advantage over freshmen learning the same words with a dictionary¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? After 16 weeks, the SMS group (M=25.17) and dictionary group (M=22.64) did not differ significantly on the immediate 40-item vocabulary post-test (t=1.48, p=.42). → Alemi et al. 2012

Evidence¶

Alemi et al. 2012¶

Minoo Alemi, Mohammad Reza Anani Sarab & Zahra Lari. (2012). Successful Learning of Academic Word List via MALL: Mobile Assisted Language Learning. International Education Studies, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n6p99

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Independent t-test on immediate post-test scores of 45 non-English-major freshmen at Sharif University of Technology: experimental SMS group (N=28, M=25.17, SD=5.74) vs control dictionary group (N=17, M=22.64, SD=5.18). The study reports "not any significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the post-test."

"The t-test result (t=1.48, p= .42) shows that there was not any significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the post-test."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Vocabulary — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Both SMS and dictionary groups gained higher mean scores on the delayed post-test than on the immediate post-test — related
• The SMS group's vocabulary scores rose significantly from post-test to delayed post-test four weeks later — related
• Vocabulary taught via SMS is retained significantly better in the long term than vocabulary learned with a dictionary — related
• Chinese EFL students learning vocabulary via daily SMS messages outperformed a paper-based self-regulated group on the immediate posttest after a three-week intervention — reports the opposite