This study investigated 350 English as a foreign language (EFL) undergraduate students’ use of Tell Me More (TMM), a language learning technology, for self-study in a university in the south of Thailand. Two questions guided the study: 1) What were learners’ self-study practices with the TMM program? 2) How did learners’ self-study practices enhance or undermine the purpose of using the TMM program? Self-report questionnaire with subscales from Students Approaches to Learning and a semi-structured focused group interview were used to investigate the participants’ practices, effort and persistence on the TMM. The findings indicated that the learners multitasked to compensate for the lack of support from instructors and for assessment purposes, sometimes left the program on to count the time. The findings on the time of use suggested that self-study practices do not depend only on learners’ attitude or features of the learning environment but also goals set by instructors. Additionally, the findings showed that learners made moderate effort of use and were inconsistent in their self-study practices. The findings shed new light on what accounts for the effective use of educational technologies and how practices could be improved. This study would guide developers of online learning curriculums and educators on learning goals and assessment types to be incorporated in online self-study programs.

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通过教育技术进行自学告诉我更多：EFL学习者的工作

这项研究调查了350名英语作为外语（EFL）大学生在泰国南部一所大学中使用语言学习技术Tell Me More（TMM）进行自学的情况。指导该研究的两个问题：1）TMM计划的学习者的自学习惯是什么？2）学习者的自学实践如何增强或破坏使用TMM计划的目的？自我报告调查表包含“学生学习方法”的分量表和一个半结构化的专题小组访谈，用于调查参与者对TMM的实践，努力和坚持。调查结果表明，学习者承担着多任务的任务，以弥补教师缺乏支持和进行评估的目的，有时让计划继续计时。关于使用时间的调查结果表明，自学实践不仅取决于学习者的态度或学习环境的特征，还取决于指导者设定的目标。此外，研究结果表明，学习者在使用中付出了适度的努力，并且自学行为也不一致。调查结果为有效使用教育技术的原因以及如何改进实践提供了新的思路。这项研究将指导在线学习课程的开发者和教育工作者将学习目标和评估类型纳入在线自学计划中。研究结果表明，学习者在使用中付出了适度的努力，并且在自学实践中也不一致。研究结果为有效使用教育技术的原因以及如何改进实践提供了新的思路。这项研究将指导在线学习课程的开发者和教育工作者将学习目标和评估类型纳入在线自学计划中。研究结果表明，学习者在使用中付出了适度的努力，并且在自学实践中也不一致。研究结果为有效使用教育技术的原因以及如何改进实践提供了新的思路。这项研究将指导在线学习课程的开发者和教育工作者将学习目标和评估类型纳入在线自学计划中。