How Do Learners Use a CALL Environment? An Eye-Tracking Study

Autor/inn/en	Fievez, Isabeau; Perez, Maribel Montero; Cornillie, Frederik; Desmet, Piet
Titel	How Do Learners Use a CALL Environment? An Eye-Tracking Study
Quelle	In: Language Learning & Technology, 27 (2023) 1, (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Eye Movements; Computer Assisted Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Multimedia Materials; Learning Processes; Video Technology; Newspapers; Indo European Languages; Language Proficiency; Linguistic Input; Teaching Methods; French; Native Language; Language Tests; Vocabulary Development; Attention Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Learning process; Lernprozess; Newspaper; Zeitung; Indoeuropäisch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Französisch; Language test; Sprachtest; Wortschatzarbeit; Aufmerksamkeitstest
Abstract	This study investigates how learners use a freely available web-based multimodal language learning environment based on videos and newspaper articles with corresponding exercises and learning support in the form of help options, "NedBox," for learning L2 Dutch. In order to measure learners' use, a combination of eye movement and screen recording data were analysed. The study also examines how learners' eye movements and use of the environment are related to their proficiency and performance in the environment. Twenty-one learners of Dutch used NedBox for 40 minutes, while their eye movements were tracked and their screen was recorded. Results demonstrated that learners used the environment in different ways in order to deal with the simultaneous presentation of input and exercises, and that this was dependent on the type of input. Eye movements were, to some extent, related to proficiency and performance in the environment. Finally, learners' use of the help options can be defined as idiosyncratic. In sum, the findings of this study suggest that the simultaneous presentation of input, be it video or text, does not overwhelm learners and that learners do not always seem to use help options effectively. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii. 1859 East-West Road #106, Honolulu, HI 96822. e-mail: llt@hawaii.edu; Web site: https://www.lltjournal.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01