| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 幼兒教育所 === 91 === The purpose of this study is to develop an evaluative checklist of multimedia English language courseware for preschoolers.
Review of literature about language acquisition, evaluation criteria of English textbooks, computer assisted instruction/learning and language learning courseware were summarized to develop the evaluation indexes.
To validate the indexes, professors of child development, language development, computer assisted learning and courseware design were consulted to check all the indexes of the checklist.
Then, parents were given the checklist to assess the multimedia English courseware.3 different discs were cross examined by 15 parents and 5 graduate students.
The results shows the checklist valid and reliable to be an evaluative instrument to ensure the quality of English language learning courseware. It’s also found that the weaknesses of the available discs are “authenticity”, “help message” and “user-control”.
Five suggestions for manufacturers, courseware designers and future studies are provided.
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