THE EFFECTS OF ONLINE SELF-STUDY WEBSITES ON PREPARATORY CLASS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
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Self-study and autonomy are important skills that should be possessed and improved for the learners of all subjects including foreign languages. In line with this fact, almost all modern course-books are accompanied by online practice activities that are included in the pack. Some students do not miss this opportunity while some others ignore it. Most of these self-study websites provide the users with practice in four skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing) as well as language areas such as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Moreover, these exercises are mostly interactive in that the classroom teacher can check, correct and send back the items the students have completed. For young learners of English who often use their mobile phones and personal computers to improve their English, self-study websites are motivating and attention gripping facilities. This study aims to investigate to what extent these self-study websites promote learning English as a foreign language for preparatory class students at a state university in Turkey. The grades of the students who use and do not use the website for self-study in their mid-term exams and pop-quizzes are compared and a questionnaire as to their attitudes towards the online self-study programs is conducted. The results of the questionnaire and the comparison are discussed within the study.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Ahmet Önal
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Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Temmuz 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
6 Nisan 2017
Kabul Tarihi
10 Nisan 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Sayı: 27
