THE EFFECT OF USING EMAIL ON ENHANCING IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT

English Review: Journal of English Education

Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi-Rokni¹ 

[1] Golestan University, Iran;

关键词: electronic mail;    EFL;    grammar development;    e-learning;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

There has been much debate over the use of computers and the internet in foreign language teaching for more than two decades. Education, especially foreign language teaching, has to adapt and renew itself to be compatible with the globalized world. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using email on improving EFL learners' grammar development and to highlight the benefits of using email in an EFL grammar class. The participants of the study were 52 female students, aged 13-18 who were randomly assigned to an experimental and control group. Each group consisted of 26 participants. The course lasted for three weeks and was held in one of the institutes in Gorgan, Iran. The experimental group sent their assignments through emails in addition to the traditional class activities but the control group receiving a placebo had the traditional class and assignments were handed in hard copies. For measuring the grammar proficiency, a pretest and posttest was administered to both groups. The pretests and posttests were tests based on the materials covered in the class. The results of the study show that the experimental group outperformed the control group in the posttest.

【 授权许可】

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