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Action research on CALL and
Web 2.0 technologies:
A field study of 'BlogCasting' in WELL (Web Enhanced Language
Learning), and CMT (Computer Managed Testing) in university EFL classes

Foreign Language Section, School of Law &
http://s.phpspot.org/u/myasuda/

Politics, Kwansei Gakuin Univ., May 12, 2010.
関西学院大学法学部外国語研究室研究会「CALL実践報
告」

YASUDA, Masami,
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.,
myasuda@kwansei.ac.jp
Foreign Language Section Study
E-Learning at KG Univ. Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Nishinomiya, JAPAN

2. Introduction:
CAI, CALL, e-Learning, WELL
e-Learning:
Network Web based Learning

CAI: CALL:
Computer Assisted
Computer Assisted Instruction
Language Learning

http://myasuda2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/public_html/102206.f/
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3. Overview of CALL History*
A: 1960 - 80 B: 1980 - 90 C: 1990 -
1. 行動主義的 1.認知的 1. 知識構成主義/ Knowledge
Behavioristic /Cognitive building

2. チューターとしてのコ 2. 道具としてのコンピュー 2. コミュニケーション環境としての
ンピューター/ ター Computer コンピューター/ E-mail, chats,
Tutorial as tools Synchronic & asynchronic
3. コンピューター上 communication
3. CD-ROM上の学習
の学習教材 /
教材 / CD-ROMs, 3. 試行錯誤する場/ trials and
Study ware errors, sandbox, playroom
Mac‟s (Computers)
(FD‟s)

1. 閉じた課題 / 1. 半分開いた教材 / 1. 開いた課題 / Open ended
Standalone Stand-alone half- task
isolated tasks リサーチ型学習/ Research based
isolated 2.
2. 穴埋め，Cloze, 並び 3. 課題解決型学習/ Task based
tasks 替え，テキスト再構 Learning
2. Drill, 成など /Gap-fill,
4. データ駆動学習/ Data driven
pattern- Cloze, Unscramble
learning „発見学習？“
texts
practice
*境一三 Sakai ( 2004) CALLの歴史とその今日的意義について, 「e-learning 公開講座」 , 2004年5月13
日慶應義塾大学日吉ITC. Available on the web Translation mine 3

+ 4. Classroom Research:
Treatment Treatment & Control

Action Experimental
Research Research

- +
Control Control
Observation
Interaction
Method
(KJ Method, Analysis
Mindmap)

Adapted from the table in
- Sano(2000), 『アクション・リサーチの
Treatment Jump p. 204
すすめ』to Questionnaire analysis 4

5. Professional Development
Plan: Problems
to
Hypotheses,
identify, Observ Explanatory

ation Questions
(Teacher's, Researcher's)

Action Research
Questions, Inq
uiries, Demand
s for
changes, Belief
systems, etc.
Analysis, Reflec
tion, Action
Data & Note
Changes, Publi collection, Prot
c ocols, Journals
Reporting, Publ :
ishing (Teachers, students)
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6. Kinds of questions to
pose
 How can we focus on

meaning
 rather than
forms?

 Learning English
vs.

 Learning about English
 The place of
grammar learning and
correction. 6

7. Kinds of further questions
to pose (2) Individual and autonomy

 How can we create

“autonomous learning” environment
with group work?

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8. Kinds of questions to pose (3)

How can we put
communicative aspects
in classroom -
with or without
the use of E-mails?

Group Dynamics to expect!?
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9. Introduction - L2 writing
 Dichotomies/Dilemmas
Fluency and accuracy

Contrastive rhetoric debate
Process vs. Product debate
Assessment
Feedback and error correction
Casanave, Christine Pearson. (2004). Controversies in second language writing.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Univ. of Michigan.
Cornor, Ulla (2002). New directions in contrastive rhetoric, TESOL Quarterly,
36(4), pp. 494-510.
Hyland, Ken, & Hyland, Fiona. (Eds., 2006). Feedback in second language writing:
Contexts and issues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sachs, Rebecca, & Polio, Charlene. (2007). Learners' uses of two types of written
feedback on a L2 writing revision task, Studies in Second Language
Acquisition, 29(1), pp 67-100.
Zamel, V. (1985). Responding to student writing. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 79-101.
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10. BlogCasting**:
Weblog☆ Projects – 2006 ～ 2008

Years Paper
A. Pencil
B. Word- C. Email D. Blog E. Text to
/Spec‟s Processor /ML /RSS Speech*

- 2005 ○ △ ◎ × ×

2006 - ▼ ◎ ○ ◎ ×
2007 - ▼ ○ ○ ○ △
2008 - ▼ △★ ○ ○ ◎

**BlogCasting = *Text to Speech (Assistive Technology) + ☆Weblog
★Word Processing  ★ Local Thin Client  Web editor  Cloud Computing
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11. Past and Current Project:  E-mail work
 Video - Separate
Email Grading video output (OHC)
1) Yahoo site 認証必要
 Audio Recording
2) Mirror site (infoseek): some years
with index only

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12. Past Projects:
Video Narrative Project
 Video Narration –

 Student‟s audio in Final Project
 Student audio in MP3-shrt
 Local: audio file
 Web site: VoiceBlog site
 Past Presentations:
 PPT in SWF
 3/5/2007: Local file: KG030507-3.swf
 (3/5/2007): Drive HQ published folder

http://myasuda-foseek- bbs100106-s.html 12

13.Weblog Projects:
since 2006  BlogCasting
Weblog Projects:

 http://advcomp.wordpress.com/
 Advcomp.wordpress.com/ RSS FEED mixer-project-2007/

 Students Weblogs and comments
 Privacy protection with PINs
 Advcomp.wordpress.com tag=classblog
 myasuda - my.land.to /treebbs/tree.php?n=470

Skip to Skip to
2007 2008

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14. RSS (Rich Site Summary) Readers

 RSS Readers

 My Intro of RSS and Podcasting
for Students:
Web site - Podcasting with RSS &
WEB 2.0
Local file: Podcastingrss.html

 What is RSS? Video
 dotsub.com/films/ - Captioned video
site (ENG, FR, GER, JPN, etc.)

Skip to
2007

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15. Weblog Projects – 2006:
How to read students‟ Blog threads:
via WEB Portal Page

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http://protopage.com/ : SPA (CNET Single Page Aggregators)

16. Additional Benefit:
BlogCasting by RSS Mix & Podcasting

 Forum BBS in PHP

attb – myasuda
 “Feed2Podcast” – 2006
 RSS mixing and audio generation
 How to register RSS?
 Registering my WordPress blog site
 New feed (XML) to be created
 But, No Longer Available! - 2007
 Out of service! “Feed2Podcast”

http://atbb.jp/myasuda/?infoseek Click to browse screen shots 16

17. Text to Speech

 Text to Speech

One of Assistive Technologies
Stephen Hawking asks big questions
about the universe, at TED Conference
TedConference site
YouTube

Filmed Feb., 2008.
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18. Text to Speech Online
Tools
Six Online Tools - Text to Speech tools

you would not want to miss
TechDune - Tech News, Software &
Hardware Reviews, Internet, Humor

1. vozMe: vozMe
Type or copy-paste the texts to convert
to „Create MP3‟ at a click!

2. Expressivo – You can listen to
books, messages, RSS feeds, articles or even
e-mails. You can easily create audio books on
your mp3 player. Purchase needed

3. Cepstral - The text to speech
conversion to the text into a WAV file.
Purchase needed. Skip to
RSS Mixing 18

19. Text to Speech Online Tools (2)
 Text to Speech tools you would not want to
miss (2)
TechDune - Tech News, Software & Hardware

Reviews, Internet, Humor

4. Ivona Speech Synthesizer –
Text to speech conversion tool online
5. SpokenText - SpokenText.net
Converts & records to speech automatically:
PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files,
RSS news feeds, emails and web pages.

6. Talkr –
Converts RSS feeds into MP3 files

Notes: „MacinTalk‟ on Macintosh – has a longer history
Skip to

on Text2Speech! RSS Mixing

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20. BlogCasting: RSS Mixing and
Podcasting
 “Feed2Podcast”
 No Longer Available! 2006

 Out of service! “Feed2Podcast”
 Configuring Widgets: Still images posted at PHP
Forum site in 2007
 Reactivated but gone again. Feed2Podcast setting images

Skip to
2007
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Show time: Join05210700008.avi
21. RSS Mixing (2): Show time: Join05210700005.avi
Podcasting with Vocal Fruits

Next slide

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22. BlogCasting: (1)
Weblog Projects - 2007

 RSS mixer with
Text2Speech
“Odiogo.com”

 “Talkr” (unstable)
 My memos:
 PHP Forum site

Skip to
Back 2008
to 2006
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WordPress Blogs, via

 Students‟
Odiogo.com
 HTML: iTunes and other RSS feeds via
Odiogo.com: Podcasts-html.php with
Audio JAVA icons
 Memos: PHP Forum: thread 313#313

 Yes! Not only MP3 but also ----
 Jet Audio - Lyrics!! embedded in MP3

 Play & view, on Jet
Audio, iTunes, and iPods! -
Awesome 23

 MP3 with Lyrics!!

 Jet Audio - Embedded in ID tags
via Jet Audio
 Play & view, on Jet
Audio, iTunes, and iPods! –
Awesome!!

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RSS mixer with Text2Speech


 “Odiogo.com”
 The WordPress plug-in
instructions can be found here.
 My memos: PHP Forum site

Back Back

to 2006 to 2007

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Local image file


 KGLaw BlogCast 2008
 “Odiogo.com”
 KGLaw BlogCast: Portal site

Back
to 2007

Local image file 26

27. Weblog Projects – 2009 & 2008:
How to read students‟ Blog threads:
via WEB Portal Page

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http://protopage.com/ : SPA (CNET Single Page Aggregators)

28. BlogCasting: (3) Weblog Projects - 2008

 KGLaw BlogCast 2008

 Samples of text2Speech audio
 Advcomp – Education course
 kglawf81 – Freshmen 1st
 kglawf82 – Freshmen 2nd
 kglaws81 – Sophomores

Next slide

AdvComp - Online grading as admin of the server
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Local image file

29. Feasibility: tasks & class size:
Reflections from BlogCasting**:
Weblog☆ Projects – 2006 ～ 2008
A. B. C. E.
Techno- Paper Word- Email
D.
Text to

logies Blog /RSS
Pencil Processor /ML Speech*
2006 ～
2008 ▼ △ ★
○ ○ ◎
Class < 20
人
> 50人 < 150人 < 30人 > 200人
size
Feasibil-
ities ▼ ◎ ○ ○ ◎
Writing
Tasks/ Writin
Writing Writing Writing for Small classes
and for for and
g
Skills Presentation large classes Small classes Presentation
for large classes

**BlogCasting = *Text to Speech (Assistive Technology) + ☆Weblog
★Word Processing  ★ Local Thin Client  Web editor  Cloud Computing 29

30. Summary: BlogCast
with RSS Mixing and Text2Speech
Next slide?

RSS Mixer
iPods,
with
iTunes,
Text
Presentations,
to
Other
Speech
PodCasting
sites

Playlist,
Feed,
New XML

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31. Technology in Language Teaching and
Learning

 Figure 1 Range-of-Use Technology Chart
 Szecsy, Elsie M. "Technology in Language Teaching and Learning." Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education. 2008. SAGE Publications. 29 Mar. 2009.
<http://www.sage-ereference.com/bilingual/Article_n313.html>.
 Source: EnGauge. Available from http:/ / www.ncrel.org/ engauge. Broken Link Copyright © 2006 Learning Point Associates. All rights
reserved. Reprinted with permission.
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Action Research Slides from:

CALL and Possibilities
of Action Research:

A report on a five-year field study of enhancing large
university EFL classes with CALL and Internet technology

JALT First Annual Joint Tokyo Conference:
“Action Research - Influencing Classroom Practice”
Oct. 22, 2006. Tokyo

YASUDA, Masami,
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.,
October 22, 2006 myasuda@kwansei.ac.jp
Temple Ｕｎｉｖ., Tokyo

+ 33. Classroom Research:
Treatment Treatment & Control

Action Experimental
Research Research

- +
Control Control
Observation
Interaction
Method
(KJ Method, Analysis
Mindmap)

Adapted from the table in
- Sano(2000), 『アクション・リサーチの
Treatment Jump p. 204
すすめ』to Questionnaire analysis 33

34. Questionnaire – Result 7/2004 - 2004 Spring
Freshmen Classes
 Excel file: ( n=12) Server: http://myasuda2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/public_html/JALT2005.f/QuestionnaireIZ07310both.xls

 Local Excel file :

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Freshmen Classes – Raw Scale Average
Freshm en Eng. S pri '
ng 04- M yasuda
This shows what? both periods (N =12) R aw scales
3rd (N =4) & 4th peri (N =8)
od

5.
0

4.
0

3.
0

2.
0

1.
0

0.
0 まとまり資料有益
使い方が抽象的
話し方
内容は興
新しい知課題（
識や物事表、レ
発
質問応助言を与
理解度
適切に対よく出席
意欲的に
取り組ん
ほかの学授業に満英語によ
要約で訓
練するの
模範解答
を暗唱発
効果的説明味答え相談生に薦め足る講義表のほう
の見方ポート）応だが斬新
が
アンケート結果_bo th 3. 3333
8 3. 8182
1 3. 5
2 2. 4545 2. 6667
5 6 2. 1667 4. 8333
9 0 3. 8333 3. 1667
5 4 3. 1667
4 2. 5
7 5 4. 5
2 3. 3333 3. 6667 3. 3333 4. 8333
3 1 8 0 2
英語　乙　
Ｉ１組　３時限 3. 5
2 3 3. 5
2 2.5 2. 5
7 2.5 3. 5
7 3 3.5 3. 5
2 2. 5
7 5 3. 5
2 3. 5
7 2. 5
7 3. 5
2 3. 5
7 1. 5
7
英語　乙　
Ｉ２組　４時限 4. 25
1 3. 8571
2 3. 5
2 2. 7143
5 2. 25
6 3. 25
1 4. 5
2 3. 75
8 3. 75
3 3.5 2. 5
7 5 4. 5
7 3. 25
1 3. 75
3 4. 25
1 4. 5
2 2. 25
1
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Freshmen Classes – Weighted Scores
 Excel file: ( n=12) Server:
http://myasuda2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/public_html/JALT2005.f/QuestionnaireIZ07310both.xls
 Local Excel file :

コメント
評価段階 ( 5 point scale: 1-5, NA ) names weighted scale
comments

1 全くそうは思わない Disagree strongly weights_1
-1.0
2 そうは思わない Disagree little weights_2
-0.5
3 どちらともいえない Neutral weights_3
0.0
どちらかというとそ
4 う思う
Agree little weights_4
0.5
5 そう思う Agree strongly weights_5
1.0
NA 不明・該当しない Not Applicable weights_9/NA
0.0
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Freshmen Classes – Weighted Scores
Freshm en Eng. S pri '
ng 04- M yasuda
both periods (N =12)

3rd (N =4) & 4th peri (N =8)
od
W ei
ghted S cal (-1. -0. 0, +0. +1)
e 0, 5, 5,

100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
-10.0%
-20.0%
-30.0%
-40.0%
-50.0%
-60.0% 新しい知
課題（発
理解度意欲的にほかの学要約で訓
模範解答
まとまり資料有益使い方が抽象的内容は興表、レ質問応助言を与よく出席授業に満英語によを暗唱発
話し方_W 識や物事適切に対取り組ん生に薦め練するの
_W _W 効果的_W 説明_W 味_W ポート）答_W え相談_W _W 足_W る講義_W 表のほう
の見方_W 応_W だ_W _W が斬新_W
_W が_W
アンケート結果_W 41. %
7 9. %
1 12. %
5 -22. %
7 -16. %
7 -4. %
2 54. %
2 29. %
2 20. %
8 20. %
8 -12. %
5 100. %
0 62. %
5 16. %
7 8. %
3 41. %
7 54. %
2 -50. %
0

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38. New Assignment:
VOA – GroundZero2006
平均 Mean 33.93% 標準偏差 SD 24.30 n= 103
Quia Quiz on Ground Zero2006 story

度数 /n 割合 / ratio

1-Freshmen 0.74
90
2-Sophomores 0.22
27
3-Adv-Comp 5 0.04
20
合計 / total 122 1.00
15

“x”
910 8
90 100
8 98 10 75
67 7 6

“x”
5 50
3
4 5
233 11 210
27
25
00 0 5

2-Sophomores

3-Adv-Comp
1-Freshmen
-10 0 10 2030 4050 6070 8090 110

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39. VOA – GroundZero2006 (2)
 Grades % : Analysis of Variance – by Level
110

100
GroundZeo2006_%

90
80
70
60
ALL -

50
40
30
20
10
0
-10
1-Fres hm en 2-S ophomores ‚ ·‚×‚ Ä‚ ÌƒyƒA
T ukey-Kram er‚ ÌHSDŒŸ ’è
3-A dv-Comp
Level 0.05

level n mean SD 要因自由度 p値
平方和(SS) 平均平方 F値
factors (df) (Prob.>F)
1-
Freshmen
71 29.58 2.74 Level 2 7048.904 3524.45 6.627 0.002***
2-
Sophomores 27 39.63 4.44 誤差/ error 100 53183.620 531.84

3-
5 65.00 10.31 全体(修正済み) 102 60232.524
AdvComp

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40. VOA: Assistive Technology
Freshmen and Sophomores, 2010/ April

 VOA: Special English Program

 Cloze passage: Online drill
 Self-study, self-check
 Diagnostic online-quiz
 the following week
 If failed, take-home quiz
 with 20 % scores off
 Web search, Topic:
 Assistive Technology
 Show & Tell
 Presentation (1 min.) http://myasuda-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/public_html/VOA-
Technology030407.f/

 Weblog thread: text2speech 40

41. Online Quiz – VOA: Assistive Technology
Freshmen and Sophomores, 2010/04/29

http://www.quia.com/pages/masamisanfrancisco.html http://www.quia.com/pages/myasuda.html 41

6. Descriptive Statistics - ALL-Sub-ONLY - 1年 & 2年 ONLY
- 20100429

Local JMP folder
ShortCut to JMP-20100422.f

Local MS-Word doc
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43. Descriptive Statistics by Class
ALL-Sub-ONLY- 1年 & 2年 ONLY - 20100429
45%

29%
26%

F1 S1 S2

F1 S1 S2

56%

44%

１年 2年

１年 2年

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44. ANOVA by Class - ALL-Sub-ONLY- 1年 & 2年 ONLY -
20100429

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45. ANOVA by Class (2) - ALL-Sub-ONLY- 1年 & 2年 ONLY -
20100429

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46. ANOVA by Year - ALL-Sub-ONLY- 1年 & 2年 ONLY -
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47. ANOVA by Year (2) - ALL-Sub-ONLY- 1年 & 2年 ONLY -
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48. Curriculum Change Plans:
Attainment Tests to install

英語の関学 vs. 関学の英語

 Attainment Tests in EFL at Law Dept.:
 Competency Tests for graduation
 Writing PDF 法学部コース

 Listening (Stories, Lectures)
 Automatic Essay Scoring
 My tentative proposal (jump to Yahoo 認証要) 
 Pilot testing

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