scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Romanised Mandarin Web-based Instruction in Teaching Writing and Reading Skills at Word Level for Non-native Learners

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 243-248
Author(s):  
Lim Soo Giap

The time allocated to teach the sound system of Hanyu Pinyin in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is insufficient for learners. Hence, it is suggested a web-based instruction incorporate into the curriculum as a self-learning material for learners to enable them to manage their learning process in the absence of instructor.The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of utilizing Guru Hanyu Pinyin web based instruction as a teaching tool for non-native speakers in improving the writing and reading skills at disyllabic word level in Hanyu Pinyin. The study compares the academic achievements for Hanyu Pinyin of two different groups of students whereby the experimental group adopts the webbased instruction and the control group adopts the traditional approach as the mode of learning. This research is targeted on first year elementary level Mandarin students at UiTM Penang campus. The research sample has been selected through stratified random sampling. The findings for writing of disyllabic words showed that the mean score of the experimental group is better than the control group but there is no significant statistical difference between them. At the same time, the findings also indicate that the experimental group, which was using this Guru Hanyu Pinyin web-based instruction, is performing better than control group in term of reading skill. As the result, the students from experimental group can read the pronunciation of initials and finals better. This paper also discusses some limitations that were discovered during the research and proposes some recommendations for future research.

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Lim Soo Giap

The objective of this paper is to assess the feasibility of utilizing Guru Hanyu Pinyin web based instruction as a teaching tool for non-native speakers in recognizing the differences of 4 tones at syllable level in Hanyu Pinyin. The study compares the academic achievements for Hanyu Pinyin of two different groups of students whereby the experimental group adopts the web based instruction and the control group adopts the traditional approach as the mode of learning. This research is targetted on first year elementary level Mandarin students at UiTM Penang campus. The research sample has been selected through stratified random sampling. Research findings reveal interesting results whereby the performance of the control group is statistically better than the experimental group in recognizing differences of 4 tones at syllable level. This paper also discusses some limitations that were discovered in the existing version of teaching tool developed and proposes some recommendations for future research.


Author(s):  
Rajwinder Kaur

The purpose of the study was to study the Effect of Web based instructions on achievement in Social Studies. The sample consisted of 100 students from Grade 8th of schools affiliated to C.B.S.E of Ferozepur and were randomly split into two groups-control (taught by traditional method) and experimental (taught by Web based instruction) groups. Firstly pre-test was administered on both the groups; then the students in the control group were taught by conventional method while experimental group was taught by Web based instructions. Then post-test was administrated on both the groups. The Statistical techniques were then employed to data collected and analysis and interpretation of the data was done. The result of the study implied that there exists significant difference in achievement in Social Studies based on Web based instructions and conventional method. The study also revealed that there exist significant gender differences in achievement in Social Studies with Web based instructions.


Author(s):  
Haisen Zhang ◽  
Wei Song ◽  
Ronghuai Huang

The purpose of this study was to explore whether the use of mobile technology could better enhance students' business English vocabulary learning than the employment of traditional print material. A group of sophomores (N=43) from a Chinese university in North China were randomly assigned to two groups: the experimental group (N=23), who worked on a given list of business vocabulary via SMS, and the control group (N=20), who studied the same list of vocabulary via paper print material. The results of the posttest reveal that the experimental group did significantly better than the control group. However, the results of the delayed test show that the two groups were not significantly different from each other in term of vocabulary retention rates. The study concludes that a blended use of mobile technology such as SMS and paper print material could better give rise to students' business English vocabulary learning. The limitations and suggestions for future research are also discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-386
Author(s):  
Ika Hidayanti ◽  
Eko Suhartoyo ◽  
Kurniasih Kurniasih

  The current study aims at investigating the effectiveness of using strategy-based instruction on the student’s listening achievement. This research applied quasi-experimental design, and the instruments were pretest and posttest. Both tests were about putting the pictures in order and form completion.  Prior to strategy choice, this study utilized Posteriori Taxonomy of Strategies of Learning English Listening Skill (Zuhairi & Hidayanti, 2014) especially focusing on the use of eight strategy categories deployed by successful students (Hidayanti & Umamah, 2018). Gaining the result from Independent t-Test analysis, it was found out that the experimental group outperformed better than their counterparts in control group. Thus, Strategy-based instruction plays important role to enhance and improve the EFL learners’ listening skill. 


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Lim Soo Giap

Hanyu Pinyin (Romanised Mandarin) is taught as part of the teaching Mandarin as a third language in UiTM. The time allocated to teach the sound system of Hanyu Pinyin is insufficient for learners. Hence, it is suggested a web-based instruction incorporate into the curriculum as a self-learning material for learners to enable them to manage their learning process in the absence of instructor. The objective of this paper is to describe the process of designing and developing a Hanyu Pinyin WBI to teach non-native learners (Malay Mandarin learners) in learning Mandarin at a Malaysian university (UiTM). The Hanyu Pinyin WBI is tailored to tackle the weaknesses and to meet the specific needs of Malay learners. Hanyu Pinyin WBI is designed on the basis of Instructional System Design (ISD) methodology. This approach involves four phases: (1) analysis and design, (2) development, (3) implementation, and (4) evaluation of the instruction.


2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marja J. Verbeeten

There are two revolutions sweeping through higher education today: the first one is the move from teacher- to learner-centered education. The second one is the move from the traditional to the virtual classroom. This article examines the most recent literature on Web-based instruction by looking at authors who, based on their own personal experiences, take a positive approach to Web-based education, and who feel that Web-based instruction is learner-centered. Characteristics of learner-centeredness as related to Web-based education are: access anywhere and any time, and student engagement. Student engagement is accomplished through the creation of active learning modules, collaboration among students, and close teacher-student interaction. Virtual classes are effective since they address different learning styles. The article concludes that assessment of learning outcomes is a topic that needs to be addressed in future research.


Author(s):  
Katherine Pang

The purpose of this study was to assess the pedagogical equivalence, as determined by knowledge gains, and the pedagogical effectiveness of certain components in a video-driven multimedia, web-based professional development training program as compared to a traditional, face-to-face program under real-world constraints of time and limited economic resources. The study focused on the use of video-driven multimedia, web-based instruction in the corporate environment to determine if the quality of the learning experience and the knowledge gained from the instruction were the same as with traditional methods. This experimental study assigned business professionals quasi-randomly to either a control group or an experimental group, where they attended either a live-instructed professional development program or a video-driven multimedia, web-based professional development program. Overall, results indicated that the video-driven multimedia, web-based instruction was not only pedagogically equivalent in terms of knowledge gains to the live instruction but that the knowledge gains were slightly higher among the web-based participants. Further, certain components in the web-based environment contributed more than components in the live environment to pedagogical effectiveness.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (02) ◽  
pp. 163-176
Author(s):  
Eline Yanti Putri Nasution ◽  
Rilla Gina Gunawan ◽  
Putri Yulia

This research was started by the lowerness of students’ mathematical reasoning ability at VII grade of SMPN 1 Kerinci. That’s obtained from the student’s semester examination result then according to the experience, observation and interview results with the junior high school mathematic teachers. The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of Problem Based Instruction (PBI) Model through student’s reasioning ability at VII grade of SMPN 1 Kerinci. This research is using quasy experiment method with Randomized Group Control Only Design. The population is all of seventh grade students in SMPN 1 Kerinci. This research is using Random Sampling Technique that students at VII-C grade as experimental group and VII-A grade as control group. The research instruments in this study is mathematical reasoning ability test to obtain students mathematical reasoning ability. The data is not have normal distribution so that we used Mann Whitney-U test with SPSS helped, obtained Sig (1-tailed). value = 0,000 α = 0,05 so that rejected H0. According to the analyzed of the data, the conclusion obtained that student’s mathematical reasoning ability who learn with using PBI Model is better than using conventional learning.


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