Abstract
In recent years, the popularity and prosperity of mobile technologies and e-learning applications offer brand-new learning ways for people. English, as the most widely used language and the essential communication skill for people in the 'earth village' nowadays, has been widely learned by speakers of other languages. The importance of word knowledge in learning a second language is broadly acknowledged in the second language research literature. However, comparing with incidental word learning, the intentional learning method has the shortages of motivating reduction, simple acquisition and contextual deficiency. To address these problems, in this paper, we therefore proposed an incidental word learning model for e-learning. In particular, we measure the load of various incidental word learning tasks from the perspective of involvement load hypothesis so as to construct load-based learner profiles. To increase the effectiveness of various word learning activities and motivate learners better, a task generation method is developed based on the load-based learner profile. Moreover, we conduct experiments on real participants, and empirical results of which have further verified the effectiveness of the task generation method and the enjoyment of word learning.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2014 |
Editors | Elvira POPESCU, Rynson W. H. LAU, Kai PATA, Howard LEUNG, Mart LAANPERE |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
Publisher | Springer, Cham |
Pages | 190-200 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 8613 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319096353 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319096346 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | The 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning - Tallinn University , Tallinn, Estonia Duration: 14 Aug 2014 → 17 Aug 2014 http://icwl2014.tlu.ee |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 8613 LNCS |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | The 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning |
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Abbreviated title | ICWL 2014 |
Country/Territory | Estonia |
City | Tallinn |
Period | 14/08/14 → 17/08/14 |
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Keywords
- incidental word learning
- involvement load
- learner profile