Embodied interaction: Learning Chinese characters through body movements

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Volume 24 Number 3, October 2020

contributor.author:

Xu, Xinhao Ke, Fengfeng

date.accessioned:

2020-10-09T17:54:18Z

date.available:

2020-10-09T17:54:18Z

date.issued:

2020-10-15

description.abstract:

This experimental study examined the design and effectiveness of embodied interactions for learning. The researchers designed a digital learning environment integrating body joint mapping sensors to teach novice learners Chinese characters, and examined whether the embodied interaction would lead to greater knowledge acquisition in language learning compared to the conventional mouse-based interaction. Fifty-three adult learners were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The study adopted a pretest, an immediate posttest, and a delayed posttest on knowledge acquisition. Although higher scores were found for the embodied interaction group in both posttests, only the delayed posttest showed a statistically significant group difference. The findings suggested that active embodied actions lead to better knowledge retention compared with the passive visual embodiment. The body-moving process works as an alternative and complementary encoding strategy for character understanding and memorization by associating the semantic meaning of a character with the construction of a body posture.

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endingpage:

159

identifier.citation:

Xu, X., & Ke, F. (2020). Embodied interaction: Learning Chinese characters through body movements. Language Learning & Technology, 24(3), 136–159. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44744

identifier.issn:

1094-3501

identifier.uri:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44744

number:

3

publicationname:

Language Learning & Technology

publisher:

University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology (co-sponsored by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin)

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/item/10125-44744/

startingpage:

136

subject:

Embodied Interaction Language Learning

title:

Embodied interaction: Learning Chinese characters through body movements

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Article

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Text

volume:

24