LIAO, YI LING
National Taipei University of Education Graduate School of Curriculum and Instructional Communication Technology Student
Email：tinaliao8518@gmail.com
CHAO, JEN YI
National Taipei University of Education Graduate School of Curriculum and Instructional Communication Technology Professor
Email：jychao@tea.ntue.edu.tw
Abstract
Language is an important property, but we gradually forget how to speak Taiwanese. Researcher expect to promote Taiwanese, and inherited the important culture. A study revealed that babyhood is the critical period for mother tongue foundation. However, there are no interactive course materials designed for children in Taiwanese. So the purpose of this paper build up interactive course materials for middle and senior grade of elementary school student to learning Taiwanese. This study is to build interactive course materials by using Newman & Lamming Interactive system.
All languages begin with listening ability, so this interactive course materials of Taiwanese will focus on the listening part. The content is mainly based on the scenes and foods in our daily life. This study were user test and interviews measured by 5 users, to understand the applicability of learnability, ease of use and aesthetics.
The result reveals that the interactive course materials usability on learnability, ease of use and aesthetics are certainly positive. Furthermore, recommended by users from interviews, the research found some points to enhance the usability of the interactive course materials.
Keywords :Taiwanese listening learning, middle and senior grade of elementary school student, interactive course materials, usability evaluation