A Study on Learning English through Crossword

[[abstract]]英文已是現在社會中國際的共同語言。大多數的場合中，都可看到並聽到英文，各式各樣領域的英文已充斥日常生活中。學好英文已成為一個極為重要的課題。而學習語言最好的方法，如同學習母語一樣，不外乎是大量的聽以及大量的閱讀；利用聽與讀來加強我們對英文的印象，進而內化到我們自己的腦中，成為一個可立即反應理解並且使用的能力。 因此透過泛讀來學習語言，是最好不過的方法之一；閱讀時沒有壓力，享受文章的內容，自然而然就學會了。但當讀者沒有辦法瞭解文意，或感到困難時，閱讀的意願及興趣自會降低。有許多研究指出，透過遊戲來學習語言，可提昇學習的興趣，學習者在遊戲娛樂的過程中，可輕鬆的學習並可達到持續學習的效果。為此本論文提出一個結合閱讀以及遊戲的系統，使用者可藉此相互分享文章，並利用文章內單字讀法的提示產生一個縱橫字謎的小遊戲，希望達成使用者相互分享、增加閱讀、聽取正確讀音以及利用縱橫字謎 的遊戲來自我檢視並達到加深印象的效果。藉由本系統，使用者可大幅增長其閱讀、聽力以及理解能力。 實測過程中，使用者普遍認同本系統可以幫助閱讀。在解答字謎的過程中，除反覆閱讀文章外，多媒體的輔助也加深使用者對生字的印象。大部分的使用者也認為本系統對英文閱讀及理解有幫助，並讓他們在享受遊戲的過程加強對閱讀的興趣。[[abstract]]English is a global language nowadays. No matter where we are, we may see and heard English used in different domains. English is full in our life. It’s indispensable. To learn English well, the best way is to read and listen a lot, the same method we used to learn our mother language. This explains why Extensive reading is an effective way to learn a language. Through Extensive Reading, learners who read without under pressure will truly enjoy the contents and learn the language naturally. But when readers feel the content difficult to understand, their interest on reading is reduced. To keep readers motivated, a lot of researches pointed out that using game on learning can increase learners’ interest and keep them to learn effectively. So this thesis, incorporating the crossword puzzle game, proposes a web-based English learning system which can help learners to share scripts, articles or essays with each other to increase reading and listen to the correct pronunciations. Having fun on crossword puzzle game deepens the impression. This system is of great help to learners on reading, listening and comprehension. After trying the system, users agree that our system can help them read English articles. When answering the puzzles, they naturally read the content again and again and with multimedia hints they can easily answer the puzzle. Multimedia assistance does deepen the impression on vocabularies. Users also agree our system is helpful for them on read and comprehend contents. They enjoy the game in the process and during the game they build the interest on reading.[[note]]碩