| Research Title |
The Effects of Infographics as a Supplementary Tool in Promoting Academic Reading Skill in an EFL Class |
| Date of Distribution |
27 March 2018 |
| Conference |
| Title of the Conference |
The ICETE 2018: 20th International Conference on Education, Teaching and E-learning |
| Organiser |
WASET |
| Conference Place |
Narita Tobu Hotel Airport Japan |
| Province/State |
Shiba |
| Conference Date |
27 March 2018 |
| To |
28 March 2018 |
| Proceeding Paper |
| Volume |
20 |
| Issue |
3 |
| Page |
3322-3329 |
| Editors/edition/publisher |
- |
| Abstract |
Academic texts deal with concepts and ideas related to subjects that are studied at college or university. EFL students have to do much more than simply understand the words of the text and summarize main ideas. They are required to be able to synthesize and present their understanding on the texts they are reading critically. This study focuses on the effects of the use of Infographics as a supplementary tool to improve Thai EFL students’ Academic reading skills. Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data, and knowledge offering students to work on gathering multiple types of information, such as pictures, texts, graphs, mapping, and charts. The study aims to investigate the students’ opinions toward the use of infographics as a reading tool. The participants of this study were 3rd year Thai EFL Khon Kaen University students who took English Academic Reading course. The Focus Group Interview was used to gather the opinions on how the Infographics affect their Academic reading skills. The findings from the interview offered positive opinions of using Infographics as the reader were able to develop profound understanding on the texts. This study would benefit both EFL teachers and students as a means to engage students with the larger load of Academic reading and as a tool to represent the complex information in visible and comprehensible way. |
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| Peer Review Status |
มีผู้ประเมินอิสระ |
| Level of Conference |
นานาชาติ |
| Type of Proceeding |
Full paper |
| Type of Presentation |
Oral |
| Part of thesis |
true |
| Presentation awarding |
false |
| Attach file |
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| Citation |
0
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Publication
Journal Publication
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