Abstract

This paper investigates English language learners’ oral presentation needs, alongside students’ and instructors’ perceptions towards mobile seamless language learning. The findings will be used to develop a mobile-based learning environment. Interviews with both instructors and students were used to help build a Likert questionnaire which was refined with input from experts. Results reveal that students have a need for oral presentation training in areas such as slide design, presentation-specific language, structure, and body language. Instructors and students are willing to work with peers on oral presentation projects despite lacking previous experience. Deeper exploration from interviews show students believe sentence level language issues are more important than the organization and design of a presentation. Furthermore, instructors expressed problems with incorporating technology and online collaborative learning into language courses suggesting they need more training with learning technology. Students also believed online collaboration would be convenient but difficult to manage, indicating a need for both online and face-to-face collaboration. These findings will help with the development of a mobile seamless language learning framework and app for oral presentations. Guidelines are suggested to help instructors to improve students’ oral presentation performance.

摘要

本文调查了英语学习者的口头表达需求，以及学生和教师对移动无缝语言学习的看法。研究结果将用于开发基于移动的学习环境。对教师和学生的采访被用来帮助建立一个李克特问卷，该问卷根据专家的意见进行了改进。结果表明，学生需要在幻灯片设计、演示特定语言、结构和肢体语言等领域进行口头演示培训。尽管缺乏以前的经验，但教师和学生愿意与同龄人一起进行口头报告项目。访谈的更深入探索表明，学生认为句子级别的语言问题比演示文稿的组织和设计更重要。此外，教师们表达了将技术和在线协作学习纳入语言课程的问题，表明他们需要更多的学习技术培训。学生们还认为在线协作会很方便，但很难管理，这表明需要在线协作和面对面协作。这些发现将有助于开发用于口头报告的移动无缝语言学习框架和应用程序。提出了一些指导方针，以帮助教师提高学生的口头表达能力。表明需要在线和面对面的协作。这些发现将有助于开发用于口头报告的移动无缝语言学习框架和应用程序。提出了一些指导方针，以帮助教师提高学生的口头表达能力。表明需要在线和面对面的协作。这些发现将有助于开发用于口头报告的移动无缝语言学习框架和应用程序。提出了一些指导方针，以帮助教师提高学生的口头表达能力。