| Title: |
Can Video-Creation Project Work Affect Students' Oral Proficiency? An Analysis of Fluency, Complexity and Accuracy |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Spring, Ryan |
| Source: |
TESL-EJ. Aug 2020 24(2). |
| Availability: |
TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
17 |
| Publication Date: |
2020 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Video Technology; Student Projects; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Film Production; Language Fluency; Language Skills; Language Proficiency; Oral Language; Program Effectiveness; Pronunciation; Syntax; Vocabulary; Foreign Countries; College Students |
| Geographic Terms: |
Japan |
| ISSN: |
1072-4303 |
| Abstract: |
This study reports on how project-based language learning in which L1 Japanese EFL learners created short videos affected L2 oral proficiency. Students took short speaking tests before and after the class, and the fluency, complexity and accuracy of the pre- and posttests were measured to see which, if any, of these three aspects of proficiency would show improvement. The results indicated that participants made marginal progress in fluency, reducing their number of pauses and increasing their raw speech rate slightly, and significantly improved their syntactic complexity (p |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2020 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1268697 |
| Database: |
ERIC |