(30) Application of EEG in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Environments
Hirata, Yoshihiro, Hirata, Yoko
Enhancing Learning Through Technology -Research on Emerging Technologies and Pedagogies- (Eds. R.Kwan, R.Fox, F.T.Chang, and P.Tsang), World Scientific Publishing (Singapore). pp.115-130, 2008-7
The aim of this study is to demonstrate how electroencephalography (EEG) can be used as an effective tool to provide valuable insights into the development of listening strategies to be implemented in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environments. This chapter will first briefly outline the problems and benefits of teaching ‘listening’ in CALL environments, followed by an explanation of how brain imaging technology has recently been incorporated into the study of cognitive approaches to language learning. It will then describe the procedure of our present study, in which EEG technology has been incorporated into ‘listening’ and ‘shadowing’ (the simultaneous action of repeating exactly what the students hear immediately upon hearing it) tasks in order to investigate various factors that affect Japanese students’ listening processes. The findings of this study suggest that the EEG recordings give an objective indicator which reflects students’mental condition. The results also provide instructors with more detailed information on what kinds of listening practices should be introduced to the classroom and what further work is needed for individual students.
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