Yasushige ISHIKAWA    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2015/01
Type	Book(s)
Title	Chapter 236: An interoperable ICT educational application for TOEIC preparatory study, Encyclopedia of information science and technology (3rd ed. )
Contribution Type	Multiple author(s)
Journal Type	Another Country
Publisher	Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global)
Responsible for	（A4、総頁数10384中11頁、共同執筆につき本人の担当部分抽出不可能）
Author and coauthor	Yasushige Ishikawa, Reiko Akahane-Yamada, Mutsumi Kondo, Craig Smith, Yasushi Tsubota, Masatake Dantsuji
Details	This chapter reports an empirical research project on the design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative interoperable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) educational application, called “ATR CALL BRIX,” which has helped university students in Japan improve their TOEIC scores. The ATR CALL BRIX application may possibly be adapted for use in other situations in which it is believed that a blended learning (BL) environment, which combines in-class activities and outside-of-class learning tasks, can help students successfully prepare to take the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test. Moreover, the project reported in this chapter may offer useful insights for further applications of interoperable ICT in the development of TOEIC learning materials.