Abstract
As a result of the increasing use of computers in the field of education, many CAI and multimedia teaching materials are being developed and used in education. However, methods and standards for evaluating these teaching materials and their educational effects have not yet been established. Therefore much of the research on CAI in the field of language education is on the development of CAI materials. We have tried to clarify the effect of instruction using sound-hint in CAI learning.Experiments in grammar, kanji and vocabulary learning were conducted under two conditions : one group learned CAI with sound-hint usage instruction and the other without such instruction. The results showed that the sound-hint usage instruction enhance students' kanji and vocabulary learning. This is probably because the sound-hint usage instruction is germane to learners' learning strategy use.It is desirable to promote this type of study further to develop effective methods in CAI learning and various teaching materials using computers.
