Flip-J: development of the system for flipped jigsaw supported language learning

Abstract

This study aims to develop and evaluate a language learning system supported by the 'flipped jigsaw' technique, called 'Flip-J'. This system mainly consists of three functions: (1) the creation of a learning material database, (2) allocation of learning materials, and (3) formation of an expert and jigsaw group. Flip-J was developed as the plugin of the learning management system Moodle, and the formative evaluation for its improvement was conducted in a language learning class. Learners were required to answer an open-ended questionnaire on the usability of Flip-J after three weeks of flipped jigsaw classes, and the instructor was interviewed by the researcher. The results highlighted several areas for improvement, such as 'unfriendly interface of discussion plugin' and 'translation function', which will be incorporated in forthcoming classes. The instructor pointed out issues such as the learners seemed to face difficulties in using the discussion plugin and role management in Flip-J.

Flipped Classroom Model to Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension

“…Referring the results of quantitative analysis showed that the flipped classroom modified by integrating with jigsaw IV as an instructional model is considered as more effective since it resulted better achievement in the post-test than pre-test. This finding was in line with other scholars' findings which have found that the flipped classroom model was combined with other cooperative learning techniques resulted better performance on students' learning achievement [16] [17] [18].…”