Does animation improve performance? Efficiency of grammar animations in German lessons

Abstract

The present work on grammar animation is based on a theoretical and an empirical part. The research question is: "Do animations help to understand the rules of grammar?" In the theoretical part, the relevant terms for multimedia learning will be explained, as well as central research results in the field of cognitive linguistics. It shows that the relationship between text and image is a major cause of understanding. The findings from the theoretical state of research are the basis for the empirical investigation. This work with the use of grammatical animations for the German alternate prepositions in the test groups of the German Jordanian University in Madaba, in the Language Generation Center and at the University of Jordan in Amman. The research shows that although animations help to understand grammar rules, learners need to have a high level of learning motivation.