Integration of web 2.0 tools with Taiwanese EFL freshmen's post-reading activities

作者: Chin Wen Chien

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2015.074194

关键词: Higher educationReading (process)Comic stripGrammarClass (computer programming)English as a foreign languagePsychologyWeb 2.0Pedagogy

摘要: This study explores 28 university freshmen's attitude towards learning from the integration of web 2.0 tools with post-reading activities in a Freshmen English class northwest Taiwan. Based on data analysed interview participants' and projects responses to comic strips, this has following two major findings. First, participants felt interested using make strips as their such technological helped them practice target language grammar. However, they seldom responded classmates' projects. Second, an insufficient manipulation for first time, some faced problems summarising main ideas design based assigned reading texts. Two suggestions are provided into freshmen classes effective.

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