Investigation of the effect of online course material on EFL students’ writing ability

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v6i2.13398

Keywords:

Online course material, EFL students, Writing ability.

Abstract

The paper aimed to investigate the effect of using online course material on EFL students’ writing ability has conducted. The focus of the study is mainly to discover the writing attitudes and learning problems among students. The study employs a methodological triangulation whereby both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used. The study incorporated three stages. First, the foundation survey and the pretest were regulated to all the samples. Next, in the four-week treatment stage, understudies were obliged to do the two errands in class. The main research tools used in the study are the Students’ Survey Questionnaires and the interview questions. 20 English school majors in a rookie composing class took an interest in the study. The significant discoveries show that understudies made noteworthy change in equivalent word use in the controlled tests and still kept up that learning two months after they finished the web learning units. It was concluded from the correlation of the pretest and posttest papers that the students increased their general composition quality and execution in the utilization of synonymous descriptive words. The students had the capacity impel a few examples for the target expressions of 25 equivalent words with different degrees of achievement. By and large, the exactness rate of incitement was more than 50%.

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Author Biography

Fakhereh Safatian, Kharazmi University, Tehran

English Language Teaching (TEFL). Master's degree in Applied Linguistics by Kharazmi University.

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Published

26/08/2020

How to Cite

SAFATIAN, F. Investigation of the effect of online course material on EFL students’ writing ability. Revista EntreLinguas, Araraquara, v. 6, n. 2, p. 323–339, 2020. DOI: 10.29051/el.v6i2.13398. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/entrelinguas/article/view/13398. Acesso em: 18 jul. 2024.

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