Developing an Efficient Authoring System for Web-Based CALL Materials

为基于 Web 的 CALL 材料开发高效的创作系统

基本信息

批准号：
16500576
负责人：
DOI Mitsuru
金额：
$ 2.5万
依托单位：
Chiba University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2004 至 2005
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16500576/
关键词：
English CALL authoring system Three-Step Auditory Comprehension Approach video multimedia web XML

项目摘要

The purpose of the present study was to develop an authoring system which made it easier and less expensive to create web-based Computer-Assisted Language Learning courseware using video materials.For a methodological framework to teach English, we adopted the "Three-Step Auditory Comprehension Approach," as we successfully developed a series of CD-ROMs in our previous studies using this methodology. Subsequently, we determined the specifications of the authoring system, which enabled the learner to access the materials through a web browser using a CD-ROM or the Internet, depending on the user's environment. The authoring system also had a feature for the ease of CALL materials development. The text, including directions, questions, hints, answers and explanations, was written on Excel files in line with the methodology. Then the Excel files were converted into XML files, simply by dragging the files onto the converter we developed. The XML files were linked to audio, video and image files stored in particular folders and all the multimedia components were automatically integrated into the CALL system using the preinstalled JavaScript. The conversion process can be done in a few seconds, without the knowledge of XML or JavaScript.To demonstrate the efficacy of the authoring system, we developed a set of CALL materials using the system. Conversations between international students and a professor at a university in Japan were videotaped and transcribed. Then the multimedia files and the text we edited were successfully integrated into a CALL system. Twenty-six students used the materials on the Internet in addition to the CD-ROMs we developed in our previous studies. The questionnaire survey revealed that the users were as satisfied with the new materials as with the older materials which required significantly more funding. We concluded that the new authoring system considerably improved the environment for materials development.

本研究的目的是开发一个创作系统，这使得使用视频材料创建基于Web的计算机辅助语言学习课程变得更加容易，更便宜。对于教英语的方法框架，我们采用了“三步听觉理解方法”，因为我们在以前的研究中成功地在我们的先前研究中成功地开发了一系列CD-ROMS。随后，我们确定了创作系统的规格，这使学习者能够使用CD-ROM或Internet通过Web浏览器访问材料，具体取决于用户的环境。创作系统还具有易于呼叫材料开发的功能。文本，包括方向，问题，提示，答案和解释，是根据方法一致的Excel文件。然后，只需将文件拖到我们开发的转换器上，将Excel文件转换为XML文件。 XML文件链接到存储在特定文件夹中的音频，视频和图像文件，所有多媒体组件都使用预装的JavaScript自动集成到呼叫系统中。转换过程可以在几秒钟内完成，而无需XML或JavaScript。为了证明创作系统的功效，我们使用该系统开发了一组呼叫材料。国际学生与日本一所大学教授之间的对话进行了录像和转录。然后，多媒体文件和我们编辑的文本已成功集成到呼叫系统中。除了我们在以前的研究中开发的CD-ROM之外，26名学生还使用了互联网上的材料。问卷调查表明，用户对新材料的满意度与需要更多资金的旧材料一样。我们得出的结论是，新的创作系统大大改善了材料开发的环境。