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This study undertook a quasi-experimental study of EEL students' perceptions of the team-based learning approach used in oral presentation classes. A total of 80 Chinese EEL students from two intact classes participated in this study based on a random sampling technique. One class was randomly selected as the experimental group (N=40), which received team-based learning as the intervention, and the other class was the control group (N=40), which underwent traditional lecturing. After 16 weeks of intervention, a group oral presentation test was used to evaluate students' group oral presentation performance. The instruments were oral presentation tests, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data were analyzed by paired-samples T-test and ANCO VA, and the qualitative data were explored by thematic analysis. Results indicated that the experimental group students held positive perceptions of the team-based learning approach used in their oral presentation classes. They perceived that the team-based learning significantly improved their group oral presentation performance in the aspects of engagement, accountability, and satisfaction.
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Control Groups;
Experimental Groups;
Lecture Method;
Educational Methods;
Language Teachers;
Academic Achievement;
Interviews;
Group Activities;
English (Second Language);
Cooperative Learning;
Interpersonal Competence;
Correlation;
College English;
Accountability;
Discourse Communities;
Language Proficiency;
Educational Environment;
Course Content;
Learner Engagement;
English;
Listening Skills;
Higher Education;
Educational Facilities Improvement;
Educational Strategies
Collaboration;
Teaching methods;
Investigations;
Curricula;
Communication;
English language;
Student attitudes;
Questionnaires;
Interviews;
Accountability;
Quasi-experimental methods;
College students;
Presentations;
Learning;
English as a second language learning;
English as a second language;
Chinese languages;
Perceptions;
Students;
Qualitative research;
Intervention;
Teamwork;
Tests;
Academic achievement;
Teams;
Random sampling;
Data;
Sampling;
Satisfaction;
Groups
1 School of Culture & Arts, Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China
2 Faculty of Education, Languages, Psychology and Music, SEGi University, Petaling Jaya 47810, Malaysia