| dc.description.abstract | With the progress of the times, learners should be trained as an independent English reader by interest-oriented teaching and systematic phonics activities. The researcher designed a Peer Recording Assessment System (PRAS) to enable learners to ＂record＂, ＂pronounce＂ and ＂assess＂ for enhancing the phonics of learners. Also, learners will be expected to improve learning attitude and reduce learning anxiety by it.
In this study, the test object is 4th grade students in the elementary school, including 32 participants. By applying one-group pre/post test analysis method and the analyzing of game log file, the study provides a thorough discussion about the effect of the differences on English phonics, attitude, anxiety and the gaming behavior. Parts of interview of participants were conducted after the experiment so as to further investigate the learning status of PRAS and its user experience.
Through the PRAS, there are some of results in this study. After the English phonemic awareness test and the spelling test, the post-test both achieved significant improvement, indicating that participants have significantly improved the effectiveness of English phonics. Their attitudes toward learning English have significantly improved, especially in the areas of ＂behavior＂ and ＂affective＂ component. It has reduced learning anxiety significantly. Gaming behaviors of participants are different according to their English abilities and personalities, and through interviews, participants have held the positive view in PRAS.
Lastly, the advice offered by the test subjects was summarized for improvement and future research proposals, hoping for the references for educators and future research in order to achieve better learning assistance.
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