scholarly journals Students’ attitudes towards computer-assisted language learning and its effect on their EFL writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-152
Author(s):  
Ali Rahimi ◽  
Ali Jahangard ◽  
Maral Norouzizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Online Writing ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Iranian Students

  Abstract This study aimed to assess the attitudes and perceptions of EFL students toward the use of CALL programs and their perceived view on an online writing system that was developed in the present study by means of a questionnaire as well as an asynchronous discussion forum. An online writing system was developed and a sample of 30 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners, studying at Sharif University of Technology in Iran, was assigned to the study. The CALL attitudes of the participants were assessed by a CALL questionnaire, which indicated that Iranian students attached a high value to CALL. Moreover, the comments of the participants that were posted on a discussion forum were analyzed with the aid of Henri’s framework (1992), which revealed the presence of certain concepts and themes within the views of learners toward the use of computers in their educational settings. Keywords: computer-assisted instruction (CAI);computer-assisted language learning (CALL); EFL writing; student attitudes  

scholarly journals Student attitudes towards computer-assisted language learning and its effect on their EFL writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Ali Jahangard ◽  
Ali Rahimi ◽  
Maral Norouzizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Online Writing ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
Assisted Instruction

This study aimed to assess the attitudes and perceptions of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students towards the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) programs and their perceived view on an online writing system that was developed in the present study by means of a questionnaire as well as an asynchronous discussion forum. An online writing system was developed and a sample of 30 EFL learners, studying at Sharif University of Technology in Iran, was assigned to the study. The CALL attitudes of the participants were assessed by a CALL questionnaire, which indicated that Iranian students attached a high value to CALL. Moreover, the comments of the participants that were posted on a discussion forum were analysed with the aid of Henri’s framework (1992), which revealed the presence of certain concepts and themes within the views of learners towards the use of computers in their educational settings.   Keywords: Computer-assisted instruction (CAI), computer-assisted language learning (CALL), EFL writing, student attitudes.

scholarly journals Students’ Attitudes towards Computer-assisted Language Learning

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 852-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojgan Afshari ◽  
Simin Ghavifekr ◽  
Saedah Siraj ◽  
Duan Jing
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes

scholarly journals Flipped Classroom Method with Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in EFL Writing Class

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-141
Author(s):  
M. Ali Ghufron ◽  
Fitri Nurdianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This study revealed the strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness of the flipped classroom with CALL in EFL writing class. A mixed-method approach was used to achieve the goals of the study. An embedded quasi-experimental methodology design was used to achieve the aims of this study (i.e., quantitative and qualitative data analysis). There were a hundred and fifty Indonesian EFL university learners who participated in this study. This study also involved 14 EFL writing teachers who experienced implementing the flipped classroom with CALL from five universities. The results of this study revealed that a flipped classroom with CALL in EFL writing class has many advantages, such as stimulating learner autonomy, improving teaching and learning processes, providing more time for EFL writing and input during face-to-face meetings, promoting active learning, student learning responsibility, and peer collaboration. Besides, some drawbacks were also found from its implementation. However, implementing the flipped classroom in the current study positively affects the EFL writing course. This study implies that teachers can include online resources such as videos from reputable sources or make their videos as learning materials if possible.

scholarly journals Integrating Machine Translation Into EFL Writing Instruction: Process, Product and Perception

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-137
Author(s):  
Jian Wang ◽  
Xinli Ke
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Efl Writing Instruction ◽  
Writing Competence

Although there is a great demand for machine translation (MT) among language learners, its potentials as a computer-assisted language learning aid remain under-explored. Against this backdrop, this study adopted a mixed research method and conducted a semester-long empirical investigation into how EFL learners in mainland China used MT to assist their writing, whether MT helped improve their writing competence and how they perceived MT in EFL writing instruction. The major findings comprise: 1) By using MT students made more lexical and grammatical changes in essay revision; 2) MT helped improve the learners’ overall writing competence, and particularly had a greater effect on writing accuracy and lexical complexity than on other dimensions; 3) Students generally held a positive attitude towards incorporating MT into EFL writing instruction.

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