The study of The Effectiveness of Designed Interactive Electronic tasks on Learning English skills

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

سمیه مهتدی ¹ ( 1کارشناسی ارشد تکنولوژی آموزشی، دانشکده روان‌شناسی و علوم تربیتی، واحد تهران جنوب، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران )
محمد آتشک ² ( 2 دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران جنوب، باشگاه پژوهشگران جوان و نخبگان، تهران، ایران )

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2014-12-22

Keywords: English skills, Learning, Electronic Learning, Interactive Tasks,

Abstract :

Using a quasi-experimental method with post-test within a control group, this study is to investigate about the effect of interactive e-tasks on electronically learning English skills. 300 English learners from Iran Language Institute, in 1391, were selected as the statistical population. Amongst whom32 students were the learners of Elementary 2 and, then, have been placed in two experimental and control groups randomly. Then, Interactive electronic tasks were designed by the researchers, under the supervision of authorities of the Iran Language Institute and, therefore, they were given to the experimental group for about one semester. At the end of the term, by means of a slandered test, having an acceptable validity, the data of students' learned skills of each group were collected and, then, were analyzed using descriptive statistic(mean and mode) and inferential statistics(t- test for the both groups). The findings suggested a positive and significant impact of the designed interactive electronic tasks on the English skills of the learners in experimental group such as vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension.

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