The Effectiveness of Developing a CALL Curriculum Using TESOL Technology Standards on Providing English Language Students with Technological Competencies "This article is extracted from an unpublished PhD dissertation by the first author"

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) curriculum using TESOL technology standards and examine its effect on providing the technological competencies for female students at the Faculty of Languages and Translation at Imam Mohammad University. A descriptive-analytic approach has been used through the analysis of CALL curriculum documents. Moreover، the study utilized a quasi-experimental method for implementing the intervention of the study on a sample consisting of 63 students randomly assigned to two groups: an experimental group of 31 studying the developed curriculum and a control group of 32 studying the regular curriculum. Data collection was carried out by using the technological competencies rubric and test. The results revealed that TESOL standards are weakly met in the CALL curriculum، with a total rate of 36.1%. The CALL curriculum developed was shown to be effective in providing the sample with the targeted technological competencies، with an eta squared value of 0.74 of the total score of the rubric and 0.91 for the test. It recommended enlightening the staff who are responsible for the preparation of the language teacher in the field of "CALL" in the various educational institutions، about TESOL technology standards, as a reliable reference framework for the classification of technological competencies, the identification of needs, and as a guide for planning, implementation, and evaluation. Keywords: computer-assisted language learning, CALL, technological competencies،, TESOL technology standards * This article is extracted from an unpublished PhD dissertation by the first researcher: Mashael Mubark Alqhtani, entitled “Developing the CALL method in the light of TESOL technical standards and its effectiveness in providing female students at the College of Languages at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University the necessary technical competencies”. Imam Muhammad bin Saud University, Saudi Arabia.