HUANG, CHIUNG WEI
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Associate Research Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor
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LIAO, JAY YU
Taipei American School
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WANG, CHIA SUI
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Associate Professor
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Abstract
Unprivileged students in remote areas could be granted more chances to access better learning resources for the improvement of their capabilities through one-on-one online English lessons. This study analyzed the process and results of an online educational experiment—one-on-one online English lessons—conducted at a university and multiple elementary schools. The subjects participating in this study included ten e-tutees, ten e-tutors and few supervisors. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were applied to analyze the research materials including video recordings of online lessons and e-tutors and supervisors’ journals and logs. The experiment showed that the e-tutees were usually happy when learning through one-on-one online lessons; they highly concentrated on the learning process and achieved excellent performance. The experiment also showed that e-tutors put a great amount of effort into preparing for the online lessons; in addition, the e-tutees and the e-tutors interacted well with each other, and all of them were on time for the online lessons. Summing up all our observation and analysis of the experiment, we concluded that one-on-one online English lessons for the elementary school students participating in this study were effective and helpful, and this type of educational tool could also be effective and helpful to other students in remote areas with sparse educational resources.
Keywords :e-tutee, e-tutor, one-on-one online English lesson