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Computer usage in the classroom : assessing the utility of computer -based games and songs for the acquisition of a second Language / Besarta Zhaku

No review available on this record. Title : Computer usage in the classroom : assessing the utility of computer -based games and songs for the acquisition of a second Language : doctoral studies-third cycle Material Type: printed text Authors: Besarta Zhaku, Dissertant ; Andrew Goodspeed, Thesis advisor Publisher: Tetovo : Faculty of Languages Cultures and Communications - SEEU Publication Date: 2011 Pagination: 119 p. Layout: ill. Size: 30 cm General note: Includes bibliographical references Includes bibliographical footnotes Includes index Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Abstract: ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of the computer in acquiring a second language. Moreover, this study shows how the use of computer based activities, such as computer games and songs, increase the pupils' ability to understand the spoken and written form of English and their ability to recognize the written form of the new vocabulary. It describes the pupils' and their parents' attitudes and beliefs towards the usage of computer in the classroom; moreover, the thesis provides the pupils' attitude towards computer usage for the purpose of learning, their impressions about the computer games and songs, and their impressions about computer based lessons prepared for this research. The main objective of the study is not just to discover whether the computer games and songs have a positive effect in acquiring a second language, but to discover why the use of computer games and songs is effective in English language learning. To achieve this aim, I examined twenty-three fifth grade learners, who study English as a foreign language. This research took place in the primary school Nuri Mazari in Dollogozhda, Struga. Since computer usage was necessary for this study, I prepared a questionnaire with general questions about the learners' ability to use computers. They completed this questionnaire before the study. The learners were divided into two groups, the control and the experimental group. Both of the groups took a pre- and a post-test. At the beginning of the study, pupils took the pre-test. It examined the learners' current knowledge about English. At the end of the study, pupils took the post-test, which examined the learners' knowledge after the study took place. In this way, the learners' progress in learning English is more obvious. The pre-test results of the control group were a little bit higher than the experimental group. However, the results gathered from post- test indicate that the experimental group who received computer-based lessons outperformed the control group who received only teacher based instructions. Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=19386

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