The Effects of CALL on the linguistic competence of first-year secondary EFL students
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2017-10-16
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] Este estudio investiga los efectos de CALL en la competencia lingüística (vocabulario, gramática, lectura comprensiva y producción escrita) de 50 alumnos de 1º ESO en un instituto de Algeciras (Cádiz). El experimento se llevó a cabo durante 5 semanas en el tercer trimestre de curso académiso 2016/2017. Los participantes se dividieron en grupo control y grupo experimental. El grupo control continuó usando una metodología tradicional realizando las tareas propuestas en el libro de texto en sus cuadernos. El grupo experimental cambió el cuaderno por el ordenador utilizando un libro exactamente igual que el del grupo control pero en formato digital (webBook). Los alumnos en el grupo experimental realizaron las mismas unidades y actividades que el grupo control pero en el ordenador de forma interactiva. El mismo pre and post-test fue administrado a los dos grupos. Finalmente los resultados de ambos grupos se compararon con el fin de ver qué grupo había obtenido mejores resultados en las diferentes destrezas arriba señaladas. El grupo experimental también realizó un cuestionario para valorar sus opiniones sobre el uso del ordenador en las clases de inglés.
[EN] This paper presents an experimental research carried out during five weeks in the third term of the academic year 2016/2017 to explore the effects of CALL on the English linguistic competence, mainly in vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and writing skills, of students in their first year of compulsory secondary education at a secondary school in Algeciras (Cádiz). The control group followed a traditional method to learn the language following the printed textbook and doing the activities proposed in it in their notebooks; the experimental group turned to a computer-based approach following an interactive textbook (‘webBook’) carrying out exactly the same units and activities that the control group but using the computer and the Internet. The participants (N=50) were administered the same pre-test and post-tests designs and results were later on compared. The experimental group was also administered a questionnaire about the students’ perceptions on the use of computers in the English classroom.
[EN] This paper presents an experimental research carried out during five weeks in the third term of the academic year 2016/2017 to explore the effects of CALL on the English linguistic competence, mainly in vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and writing skills, of students in their first year of compulsory secondary education at a secondary school in Algeciras (Cádiz). The control group followed a traditional method to learn the language following the printed textbook and doing the activities proposed in it in their notebooks; the experimental group turned to a computer-based approach following an interactive textbook (‘webBook’) carrying out exactly the same units and activities that the control group but using the computer and the Internet. The participants (N=50) were administered the same pre-test and post-tests designs and results were later on compared. The experimental group was also administered a questionnaire about the students’ perceptions on the use of computers in the English classroom.
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Lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera