The Influence of Classroom Illumination Environment on the Efficiency of Foreign Language Learning

Ting Liu,Zhisheng Wang,Haiwen Gao,Takaya Yuizono

doi:10.3390/app10061901

Abstract

This paper investigated foreign language learning efficiency in four different illumination environments (in different illuminance and color temperatures), focusing on the influence of the illumination environment on foreign language learners’ sentimental status, by means of foreign language skills testing in mind-map, objective evaluation of physiological reaction, and subjective evaluation of psychological reaction. It was shown that in different illumination environments, the language skills of foreign language learners were different, and their psychological and physiological reactions varied, which influenced the efficiency of foreign language learning. The results indicated that the ideal learning space was in high illuminance and low color temperature, which increased the stimulation in foreign language learners; promoted the formation of optimistic sentiment; and enhanced their interest in, and the quality and efficiency of, foreign language learning.

Highlights

Sentiment factor in language learning is attracting more and more attention with the emergence and development of humanistic psychology
The results show that in different illumination environments, the quantity of associated Japanese words was different
This paper analyzed the influence of different illumination environments on Japanese language learners by testing and verifying their Japanese language skills, physiological reactions, and psychological reactions, through Japanese vocabulary mind-map association testing, salivary amylase activity determination, and a questionnaire on “concentration” and

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Introduction

Sentiment factor in language learning is attracting more and more attention with the emergence and development of humanistic psychology. Physiological and psychological status and influence their learning efficiency [2]. Different illumination environments in a classroom will trigger different sentiments, which may influence learners’ ability to concentrate and attendance [10]. Indoor illumination will cause the following reactions generally: it will affect information processing, result in physiological change, and affect psychological reactions of sentiment or mood [11]. The influence of indoor illumination on foreign language learning efficiency was researched in the following three aspects: foreign language skills testing, the objective evaluation of physiological reaction, and the subjective evaluation of psychological reaction (Figure 1). The three aspects were correlated, and formed a reaction process that influenced the sentimental status of foreign language learning and, influenced the efficiency of foreign language learning

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