چکیده:
Nowadays, there has been an increasing interest in the integration of technology in pedagogical purposes. This study was an attempt to delve in to the impact of a mobile application (Cushy Grammar) on the learning of conditional sentences (type1, 2 and 3) among Iranian intermediate EFL learners in Rooyesh institute in Isfahan. To this end, a group of 75 intermediate EFL learners were non-randomly placed in three groups. The participants were assigned in two experimental groups, namely Application learning (N=25), Blended learning (N=25), and one Control (N=25).The participants of the Application learning received materials and instructions merely through the app. In the second group, the Blended-based, the participants received traditional teaching methods of grammar (conditional sentences) plus learning via the app. Participants of the control group, however, were taught based on the traditional teaching methods of grammar and received the materials, instructions, and feedback through traditional methods. Data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA and paired sample t-test to examine the impact of the App learning, Blended learning, and traditional method on the learning of conditional sentences. The results unraveled that the participants of the Application group outperformed two other groups in their learning of conditional sentences. Having a more meticulous look at the results, it was observed that participants of the Control group had a lower performance compared to the experimental groups in the post-test. The results revealed that employing an application learning method could create an appropriate condition to enhance the EFL learners’ acquisition of conditional sentences.
خلاصه ماشینی:
This study was an attempt to delve in to the impact of a mobile application (Cushy Grammar) on the learning of conditional sentences (type1, 2 and 3) among Iranian intermediate EFL learners in Rooyesh institute in Isfahan.
In the second group, the Blended-based, the participants received traditional teaching methods of grammar (conditional sentences) plus learning via the app.
Devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, laptops, MP3 and MP4 players, and iPads play an important role in teaching process since they give learners the chance to study anytime and anywhere and this type of learning is called “ubiquitous’ learning” (Ogata & Yano, 2004; Yang, 2006).
The primary research aim was to investigate the role of mobile apps and BL in the learning of conditional sentences among Iranian intermediate EFL learners.
Wang and Smith (2013) examined the effect of a language learning design namely “Ubiquitous English” where they were supposed to write English essays and check grammar via their mobile phones.
The present study sought to answer the following research questions: 1) Does the designed Android application (Cushy Grammar) have a significant effect on the learning of conditional sentences (type 1, 2, and 3) by Iranian intermediate EFL learners?
Table 11: The Results of Levene's Test of Equality of Error Variances for the Posttest {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} In order to delineate the differences among groups with regard to their conditional sentences knowledge, the significance level was calculated.
The results of this study indicated that the proposed mobile application namely Cushy Grammar had a significant effect on learning the target structures (conditional sentences).