Using Spaced Repetition Software with a TOEIC Wordlist : Preliminary Results

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This paper presents the preliminary results from the second phase of a study in which participants are studying a TOEIC wordlist using spaced repetition software (SRS). The overall aim of this study is to investigate whether increased usage of the SRS leads to statistically significant gains in TOEIC overall and reading scores. The aim of the second phase of the study is to replicate the first stage of the study, which used the SRS Anki and yielded disappointing results, with the more feature-rich and user-friendly SRS Cooori, and to compare participant attitudes to them. Participants were given a 640 item TOEIC wordlist, and access to this list in Cooori, and asked to study it over one academic year. Participants are tested on their knowledge of the items via 20 item multiple-choice quizzes every two weeks in order to encourage regular study. TOEIC scores at the start of the project will be compared to those at the end, and attitudes are obtained through administration of a survey. This working paper presents preliminary attitudinal data, which suggests participants favor Cooori over Anki, and preliminary usage data, which shows greatly increased usage in the second phase of the study compared to the first. As final TOEIC scores are not yet available, SRS usage is correlated with quiz scores using a non-parametric test. The results suggest that TOEIC scores predict quiz scores, and that while SRS usage does not yet strongly predict quiz scores, usage of the ‘quiz’ feature of Cooori does predict scores. Preliminary results show increased SRS usage and more positive attitudes when compared to the first phase, and encouraging results from the correlations between Cooori usage and quiz scores.

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