娱乐化学习:技术促进语言学习的设计与实现

Edutainment: Designing and Implementing Language Learning Supported by Technology

网络资源的技术先进性与娱乐化学习的主动参与性为第二语言学习提供了极大的潜能,从而使基于技术的娱乐化学习成为促进语言获得的有效形式。本文旨在探究网络环境下娱乐化学习资源和活动对大学生英语学习的影响与促进作用。本研究以某高校本科生为研究对象,从前期调查、娱乐化英语学习资源网站的设计与开发、以准虚拟学习伙伴的形式开展娱乐化学习活动等三个阶段依次展开研究。研究结果表明,娱乐化学习使大学生的第二语言学习策略产生了积极的变化;优化了大学生的网络生活状态;富有合作精神的学习伙伴使娱乐化英语学习的过程和质量得到保证。

Technology-enhanced online resources and edutainment bring affordances for foreign language learning.Technology-enhanced edutainment can be conducive to promoting language learning.This article reports on a study of the impact which online edutainment resources and activities have on English learning among Chinese university students.The study,which involved undergraduates in a Chinese university as participants,was made up of three phases-pre-study survey,design and development of an online edutainment resources website,and forming quasi-virtual learning partnership.Findings from the study show that edutainment produced positive impacts on the participants' use of language learning strategies and enhanced the way they entertained themselves in the online environment.It is also found that virtual learning partnership makes a quality English learning experience.