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The effects of utilizing English language courseware on secondary school students' performance in Iran


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Hashemyolia, Shayeshteh and Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi (2014) The effects of utilizing English language courseware on secondary school students' performance in Iran. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 4 (3). pp. 71-78. ISSN 2239-978X; ESSN: 2240-0524

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Rosetta stone’s English Language Courseware (RSELC) on third grade students’ performance in public secondary school in Iran. More specifically, this study also aimed to evaluate students’ perception about the usefulness of language courseware. This study utilized a quasi-experimental method using only post-test design which consists of two groups. Control group was taught using traditional instruction and experimental group was taught using educational software, namely RSELC. Both groups consist of 31Iranin secondary school students. In addition, A questionnaire was used which developed by researchers. Quantitative analyses revealed that there was significant difference between the groups on the overall performance in favour of experimental group. Based on obtained results, the current study concluded RSELC that was an effective tool for teaching and learning English language at the third grade secondary school in Iran.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Educational Studies
Institute for Mathematical Research
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n3p71
Publisher: Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research
Keywords: Rosetta stone’s English language courseware RSELC;, Computer assisted language learning; Secondary school students; Students’ grammar learning performance
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2016 02:58
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2016 02:58
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35693
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