Rachelle MEILLEUR    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2014/08
Type	Academic Paper
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Online Vocabulary Recycling: An Institutional Trial
Contribution Type	Multiple author(s)
Journal	JALT 2013 Conference Proceedings
Journal Type	Japan
Publisher	JALT
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.647-658
Total page number	11
Responsible for	We were a team of 4 researchers who studied the efficacy of an online learning program. When it came to writing the paper, I was responsible for researching and writing the Methodology section.
Author and coauthor	Hirschel, R.*, Wright, E., Humphreys, G., and Meilleur, R.
Details	In this study we examined an institution-wide trial of a commercially available online vocabulary recycling program. Participants were given a 30-item pretest before repeated instruction using the program. The same test instrument was administered again at the end of the semester as a posttest and a final time following the summer holidays as a delayed posttest. The tests revealed the extent of gains during use of the program as well as attrition occurring over the summer holidays. Participants completing at least 50 sessions of improved their test scores by about 30%. Equally important, participants found the program to be beneficial, helpful in developing vocabulary skills, and an important part of the course..