Individual’s response to anything related to the immediate context can form attitudes
concerning the learning situation where the language is taught. As an attempt to shed
new light on the issues relevant to attitude, this study investigated the extent to which a
Computer-Assisted Vocabulary Learning (CAVL), Mandegar, can improve learners’
perceptions about the program. To fulfill the aim, eighty first-grade high school learners,
divided as control and experimental groups, were randomly selected. Two questionnaires,
in the first and last session adopted from Altiner (2011) and Bulut & Farhan (2007)
respectively, were administered to the participants to investigate their perception to use
CAVL in the future. The results, obtained using Paired Samples T-Test (p=0.002 < .05),
revealed a significant difference between CAVL users and nonusers in favor of the
experimental group. Students in the experimental group showed a positive attitude
toward CAVL and perceived its utility for helping them speed up vocabulary learning. The
present finding might have important implications for decision makers and teachers to
further involve Computer-Assisted based programs to increase Language learning.
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Bölüm | Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 3 Nisan 2015 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 3 Nisan 2015 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2015 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 2 |