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- Title
Toward a pattern-based referencing tool: Learner interactions and perceptions.
- Authors
Lai, Shu-Li; Chang, Jason S.
- Abstract
In this process-based study, we introduced a collocation tool with a new interface and advanced search features and examined how a class of EFL college students interacted with it. To elicit their tool consultation behaviors, a vocabulary test with collocation questions was designed. The students' use of the tool to answer the vocabulary questions was screen-recorded for further analysis, serving as the major data source. One-on-one interviews with selected students were then conducted to clarify issues related to the study and their experience in using the tool. The findings indicated that the pattern-based tool was efficient in helping students solve collocation problems. This paper concludes with some pedagogical implications and suggestions for further research.
- Subjects
SENSORY perception; ENGLISH as a foreign language; COLLEGE students; HIGHER education; VOCABULARY; SECOND language acquisition; POLYGLOT dictionaries
- Publication
ReCALL, 2020, Vol 32, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
0958-3440
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0958344020000105