Abstract
In recent years, interest in flipped classrooms has gained popularity among numerous ELT scholars . This research, therefore, explored the effect of flipping a classroom on Thai learners ’ English collocation knowledge, and compared this instructional design with traditional instruction . The study also examined the students ’ attitudes towards the flipped model . The experimental research design comprised an experimental and a control group . The experimental group ( N = 35 ) was exposed to the flipped instruction, in which learning contents were provided outside of class time through electronic means and class time was used for activities . In the control group, the students ( N = 35 ) were taught by the traditional method, where lectures were mainly delivered during class and supplementary exercises were given outside of class time . Two types of collocations : lexical and grammatical were studied . Receptive and productive tests were developed to measure the impact of the two instructional methods on the students ’ collocation competence . A questionnaire and an oral interview were also distributed to determine the experimental students ’ perceptions towards the flipped model . The findings revealed that flipped instruction helped enhance the students ’ collocation knowledge . Interestingly, in terms of the effects the results yielded no significant differences between the flipped and traditional approaches . Most flipped learners generally had a favourable perception of the flipped classroom . Taken together, the study offers insightful implications to the line of research on flipped classrooms in ELT contexts . Keywords : English collocations; experimental ELT research; EFL learners; flipped classrooms; interactive activities
Highlights
In recent years, flipped classrooms have gained the attention of numerous second language ( L2) researchers (e.g. Ahmed 2016, Chen Hsieh, Wu & Marek 2016, Jehma 2016, Mehring 2016, Unruh, Peters & Willis 2016)
The findings demonstrated that the flipped classroom students performed English collocations better in the post-tests than did they in the pre-tests
The current research investigated the effect of the flipped instructional model on Thai students’ collocation knowledge and compared whether the students taught by the flipped method were more successful in learning the target collocations than those by the traditional method
Summary
In recent years, flipped classrooms have gained the attention of numerous second language ( L2) researchers (e.g. Ahmed 2016, Chen Hsieh, Wu & Marek 2016, Jehma 2016, Mehring 2016, Unruh, Peters & Willis 2016). In recent years, flipped classrooms have gained the attention of numerous second language ( L2) researchers Brinks Lockwood 2014, Hung 2015, 2017, Jehma 2016), flipped instruction is highly beneficial for L2 learners as class time can be used more efficiently and practically by engaging students in active learning activities while they gain support from the instructor and peers. As reported by Zainuddin and Attaran (2016), the flipped classroom is more engaging than the traditional one. Such a view has been supported by other researchers Such a view has been supported by other researchers (e.g. Davies, Dean & Ball 2013)
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