In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Electronic Learning Association

Document Type : scientific-research

Authors

1 . PhD graduate, Islamic Azad University, International Kish Branch

2 Associate Professor at Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch

10.30473/idej.2024.63684.1098

Abstract

Abdelaziz and Zehmi (2020) reported that “pictures, videos and PowerPoint presentations with interactive practice activities served as motivating and stimulating factors in delivering the lessons” (p.16). To examine other potentials of visual tools, we used animated educational GIFs (graphics interchange format) as the educational intervention based on strategies suggested by the computer-assisted nonlinear dynamic approach (CANDA) to test their efficacy in developing learners’ grammatical proficiency. To this end, mixed methods research was used to concurrently triangulate different strands of data on the effects of educational GIFs on grammatical proficiency among randomly sampled adolescent and adult participants. The interpretations were made based on methodological triangulation of QUAN + QUAL data and running one-way ANOAV. Pedagogical implication of the study confirms the efficacy of animated educational GIFs as a tool to enhance learners’ grammatical proficiency in mastering progressive tenses (present, past, and future).

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Article Title [Persian]

اثرات استفاده از GIF های آموزشی برای آموزش تداوم زمان های پیش رونده به زبان آموزان EFL

Authors [Persian]

  • شیوا سلطانی 1
  • احمد محسنی 2

1 دانشجوی دکترای دانشگاه آزاد کیش

2 دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تهران جنوب

Abstract [Persian]

عبدالعزیز و زهمی (2020) گزارش دادند که «تصاویر، ویدیوها و ارائه‌های پاورپوینت با فعالیت‌های تمرینی تعاملی به عنوان عوامل انگیزشی و محرک در ارائه درس‌ها عمل می‌کنند» (ص 16). برای بررسی سایر پتانسیل‌های ابزارهای بصری، از GIF‌های آموزشی متحرک (فرمت تبادل گرافیکی) به عنوان مداخله آموزشی بر اساس استراتژی‌های پیشنهاد شده توسط رویکرد پویا غیرخطی به کمک رایانه (CANDA) برای آزمایش اثربخشی آنها در توسعه مهارت دستوری زبان‌آموزان استفاده کردیم. برای این منظور، پژوهش با روش‌های ترکیبی برای مثلث‌بندی همزمان رشته‌های مختلف داده‌ها در مورد تأثیر فایل‌های GIF آموزشی بر مهارت گرامری در میان شرکت‌کنندگان نوجوان و بزرگسال به‌طور تصادفی مورد استفاده قرار گرفت. تفاسیر بر اساس مثلث بندی روش شناختی داده های QUAN + QUAL و اجرای ANOAV یک طرفه انجام شد. پیامدهای آموزشی این مطالعه، کارایی GIF های آموزشی متحرک را به عنوان ابزاری برای افزایش مهارت گرامری زبان آموزان در تسلط بر زمان های پیشرونده (حال، گذشته و آینده) تایید می کند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • مهارت گرامری
  • رویکرد دینامیکی غیرخطی به کمک کامپیوتر (CANDA)
  • مهارت های ارتباطی
  • عوامل روانشناسی
  • فایل های تبادل گرافیکی (GIF)
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