The Influence of Active Teaching-Learning Methods on Students’ Academic Performance in Mandarin Course: Undergraduates in Focus

Authors

  • Lee Hui Ling Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  • Atirah Izzah Che Abas Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  • Jamilah Shaari Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15282/ijleal.v8.296

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effectiveness of using active teaching methods on students' academic performance. A sample of 35 undergraduate students who took Mandarin as third language has been chosen for this purpose. The students were exposed to nine teaching methods namely (1) compare and contrast, (2) word wall, (3) take note and summarizing, (4) recitation, (5) cues, question and activating prior knowledge, (6) role play, (7) non-linguistic representation, (8) homework and practice, and (9) analysis of students’ work and discussion. From the t-test analysis conducted, it was found that students scored higher t-value of 24.8 in post-test as oppose to pre-test value of 13.6 with the significant value of .00. Hence, it can be concluded that through the implementation of the nine active teaching methods, students have improved their academic performance significantly.

 

Keywords: active teaching method, Mandarin, undergraduate, academic performance.

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Published

2018-12-31

How to Cite

Hui Ling, L., Che Abas, A. I., & Shaari, J. (2018). The Influence of Active Teaching-Learning Methods on Students’ Academic Performance in Mandarin Course: Undergraduates in Focus. International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics, 8(2), 51–60. https://doi.org/10.15282/ijleal.v8.296

Issue

VOLUME 8 - Issue 2 (December 2018)

Section

Research Articles