A Virtual Zoo‐based Learning Approach to Improving Students’ Learning Performance and Attitudes in Chinese Language Course

Abstract

The purposes of this study are to investigate how Computer Multimedia Chinese language learning (CMCLL) can enhance Chinese language learning in the classroom and how students can enjoy learning activities with vocabulary and pronunciation about an animals. Thailand educators believed that Chinese language has become as important as the English language. We developed computer multimedia for learning Chinese language which has been an important foreign language in Thailand. However, the study of Chinese language has many problems and difficulties for understanding because the students are not interested and not tried to learn. Therefore, further studies are needed for developing multimedia in order to enhance students’ learning Chinese vocabulary and pronunciation with learning activities in CMCLL. In this study, an experimental design including pre-test and post-test group was used to define the efficiency of the CMCLL. There were 31 students in the control group and 34 students in the experimental group. The results of the analysis indicate that the CMCLL is quite effective, improving students’ learning achievements and students’ learning progression. In addition, the students reveal positive attitudes toward CMCLL.