title: The impact of clickers instruction on cognitive loads and listening and speaking skills in college English class.
abstract: Clickers might own a bright future in China if properly introduced although they have not been widely acknowledged as an effective tool to facilitate English learning and teaching in Chinese contexts. By randomly selecting participants from undergraduates in a university in China over four academic years, this study aims to identify the impact of clickers on college English listening and speaking skills, and differences in cognitive loads between clickers and traditional multimedia assisted instruction modes. It was concluded that in China's college English class, compared with multimedia assisted instruction, (1) clickers could improve college English listening skills; (2) clickers could improve college English speaking skills; and (3) clickers could reduce undergraduates' cognitive loads in College English Class. Reasons for the results and defects in this study were also explored and discussed, based on learning, teaching and cognitive load theories. Some Suggestions for future research were also raised.
authors.affiliation: School of Foreign languages of Hohai University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China, and School of English of Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhonggen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of English of Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Wentao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of English of Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: School of Foreign languages of Hohai University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiao Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: School of Foreign languages of Hohai University, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D013060:Speech; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities