THE CONTRIBUTION OF ETWINNING PROJECT PRACTICES ON STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING PROCESS

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the contribution of eTwinning project practices to foreign language skills and the engagement of students to the courses. In the study, an eTwinning Project of which aim was to enrich the English teaching process by web 2.0 tools was conducted. Action research model was used in the study. Working group was of the students of 3/A class in a primary school in the city centre of Isparta, Turkey. A graded scoring form, student outputs, focus group discussions, researcher’s log, photographs and videos recorded during the classes are the data collection tools. Acquired qualitative data was expressed by frequency and percentage statistics and analysed by content analysis. In the study, that eTwinning project practices affects foreign language teaching processes positively was deduced. Another result of the study is eTwinning project practices affect the engagement of students to the courses positively by increasing their motivation. 

Keywords

• eTwinning,web 2.0 tools, computer assisted language learning

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