Browsing by Subject "English as a second language"
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    Augmented reality 3D pop-up book: an educational research study
    (The First International Congress of Interdisciplinary Research and Development, 2011) Poonsri Vate-U-Lan
    Augmented Reality technology in education is in high demand for its innovative potential since its fascination grows ubiquitously across the world. This research article reports on an educational innovation which utilizes, as teaching material, the Augmented Reality 3D pop- up book in the hybrid mode of learning for Grade Three students in Bangkok, Thailand. The story contained in this children’s book is “the Seed Shooting Game”. The Augmented Reality 3D pop- up book can be used in both online and off line modes. The developed media is an edutainment in multimedia format consisting of: text, voice, graphics, animation and interaction. This research was funded by an educational innovation grant in 2011 from the Office of Education, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. This paper reports on the major findings which presents students’ attitudes towards two representations of educational innovation: Augmented Reality and 3D pop-up book.
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    Teaching methodology for ESL students in Singapore
    ( 2009) Pimporn Chandee
    ESL in Singapore is dominated by the complexity of her linguistic environment, identity, and the government's language policy. Since English is one of the official languages in Singapore, it is inevitable that English is used in everyday conversation. However, the cultural differences from the countries of the inner circle inevitably put pressure on inner circle linguistic norms. English must change when it arrives in the countries of outer circle such as Singapore. This trend is to meet the communicative needs of communities whose social structure involves very different priorities and preoccupations. The aim of this paper is to review English regional variation focusing on three main parts: codification of New English, communicative approach, and pedagogical implications. The discussion will be based on the perspectives of key stakeholders in Singapore such as ESL students, ESL teachers, government officers, and native speakers of English in Singapore. Both primary and secondary research were conducted with reference to current journals, dissertations, interviews and observations. A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country. This might seem like stating the obvious, but it is not, for the notion of 'special role' has many facets. To achieve a global status, a language has to be taken up by other countries around the world (Crystal, 2003).