TY - JOUR TI - A study of a multimedia web annotation system and its effect on the EFL writing and speaking performance of junior high school students AU - Hwang, Wu-Yuin AU - Shadiev, Rustam AU - Huang, Szu-Min T2 - ReCALL AB - The aim of this study was to improve students’ English as Foreign Language (EFL) writing and speaking performance with appropriate learning activity design supported by Virtual Pen (VPen), a multimedia web annotation system. Students’ perceptions toward using VPen and learningactivities, attitude toward using VPen, actual VPen usage and their relationships were also investigated. After the experiment the students perceived that VPen was easy to use and useful during learning activities, and generally had a positive attitude toward using VPen. Furthermore, the students believed that learning activities were ‘playful’ and useful for improving writing and speaking performance. Further investigation revealed that the students’ actual VPen usage had a significant correlation with speaking and writing performance and that students’ speaking and writing performance significantly correlated with learning achievement. Based on our findings, we conclude that designed learning activities supported by the VPen system could facilitate students’ writing and speaking performance and therefore improve their learning achievement. DA - 2011/05// PY - 2011 DO - 10.1017/S0958344011000061 DP - Cambridge University Press VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 160 EP - 180 LA - en SN - 1474-0109, 0958-3440 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall/article/study-of-a-multimedia-web-annotation-system-and-its-effect-on-the-efl-writing-and-speaking-performance-of-junior-high-school-students/3F55CDF7ED984D5AC3DB1FA2E94B5AF2 Y2 - 2020/09/16/16:33:52 KW - Annotation system KW - language productive skills KW - multimedia assisted language learning KW - speaking and writing KW - usefulness KW - ‘playfulness’ ER -