Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School
We conducted a randomized experiment targeting 322 Japanese high school students to examine the impacts of a newly developed English-language learning program. The treated students were offered an opportunity to communicate for 25 minutes with English-speaking Filipino teachers via Skype several tim...
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| author | Yuki Higuchi Miyuki Sasaki Makiko Nakamuro |
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| description | We conducted a randomized experiment targeting 322 Japanese high school students to examine the impacts of a newly developed English-language learning program. The treated students were offered an opportunity to communicate for 25 minutes with English-speaking Filipino teachers via Skype several times a week over a 5-month period as an extracurricular activity. The results show that the Skype program increased the interest of the treated students in an international vocation and in foreign affairs. However, the students did not improve their English communication abilities, as measured by standardized tests, probably because of the program's low utilization rate. Further investigation showed that the utilization rate was particularly low among students demonstrating a tendency to procrastinate. These results suggest the importance of maintaining students’ motivation to keep using such information and communication technology-assisted learning programs if they are not already incorporated into the existing curriculum. Having procrastinators self-regulate may be especially crucial. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-966fe457666b4334b99bc472470f82952023-05-12T00:59:15ZengWorld Scientific PublishingAsian Development Review0116-11051996-72412020-09-0137210013310.1162/adev_a_00151Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High SchoolYuki Higuchi0Miyuki Sasaki1Makiko Nakamuro2Faculty of Economics, Sophia University, JapanFaculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, JapanFaculty of Policy Management, Keio University, JapanWe conducted a randomized experiment targeting 322 Japanese high school students to examine the impacts of a newly developed English-language learning program. The treated students were offered an opportunity to communicate for 25 minutes with English-speaking Filipino teachers via Skype several times a week over a 5-month period as an extracurricular activity. The results show that the Skype program increased the interest of the treated students in an international vocation and in foreign affairs. However, the students did not improve their English communication abilities, as measured by standardized tests, probably because of the program's low utilization rate. Further investigation showed that the utilization rate was particularly low among students demonstrating a tendency to procrastinate. These results suggest the importance of maintaining students’ motivation to keep using such information and communication technology-assisted learning programs if they are not already incorporated into the existing curriculum. Having procrastinators self-regulate may be especially crucial.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1162/adev_a_00151Japanlearning Englishprocrastinationrandomized controlled trialSkype |
| spellingShingle | Yuki Higuchi Miyuki Sasaki Makiko Nakamuro Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School Asian Development Review Japan learning English procrastination randomized controlled trial Skype |
| title | Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School |
| title_full | Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School |
| title_short | Impacts of an Information and Communication Technology-Assisted Program on Attitudes and English Communication Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School |
| title_sort | impacts of an information and communication technology assisted program on attitudes and english communication abilities an experiment in a japanese high school |
| topic | Japan learning English procrastination randomized controlled trial Skype |
| url | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1162/adev_a_00151 |
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