Students overwhelmingly preferred video materials over text materials for learning technical ESP content¶

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q2 i? Almost all comments from a 17-student feedback group that experienced both materials were in favour of the video, citing reasons including that it is less boring, contains more information, and allows for better retention. → Milosevic 2017

Evidence¶

Milosevic 2017¶

Milosevic, D. (2017). Using video materials in English for technical sciences: a case study. In C. Sarré & S. Whyte (Eds), New developments in ESP teaching and learning research (pp. 15-30). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2017.cssw2017.743

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Qualitative evaluation in which 17 Industrial Engineering students read two texts and watched the video, then stated which mode they preferred and why. "Almost all of their comments were in favour of the video".

"Almost all of their comments were in favour of the video , implying that: (1) it is not as boring as the text ; (2) it contains more information; (3) it explains the subject-matter in a better way; (4) it is more effective since it consist s of a picture, text , and sound; (5) it is easier to grasp ; and (6) it allows for better retention of language elements."

Discussion¶

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