Abstract
Using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in English language learning has not received the attention it deserves in Indonesian EFL context; thus, this study tried to inspect the impacts of CALL on Indonesian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning, speaking skill, and speaking anxiety. To reach this end, the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT) was administered to 103 Indonesian EFL students, and 60 of them whose English proficiency levels were intermediate were chosen as the respondents of this investigation. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. Then, a vocabulary test, a speaking test, and a Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire were administered to the groups as the pretests of the study. After that, the conversations and the vocabulary items of six lessons of Family and Friends Book 6 were taught to the experimental group by an online instruction (Skype application). On the other side, the same conversations and vocabulary items were taught to the control participants by a conventional instruction (face-to-face class). After teaching the conversations and vocabulary items, the posttests of vocabulary, speaking skill, and anxiety were administered to the groups to determine the influences of the intervention on their vocabulary, speaking, and anxiety. The collected data were analyzed by utilizing independent samples and paired samples t-tests, and the gained outcomes indicated that the experimental participants outflanked the control participants both in the speaking and vocabulary posttests. Moreover, the outcomes of the questionnaire demonstrated that the experimental participants had less amount of speaking anxiety compared to the control participants after receiving the treatment. Finally, the implications and the conclusions of the results were explained at the end of the research.
Highlights
The enormous development of technology and communication has produced a great change in communities and globalization and in educational system. e application of computer and online tools in instructional settings has risen increasingly that had a vital impact on educational improvements
This study examined the effects of Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) on Indonesian English for Foreign Language Learners (EFL) learners’ vocabulary learning, speaking skill, and anxiety
To prove if CALL had effects on Indonesian EFL students’ anxiety or not, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire was utilized once as the pretest and once as the posttest, and its collected data are analyzed in the following tables
Summary
The enormous development of technology and communication has produced a great change in communities and globalization and in educational system. e application of computer and online tools in instructional settings has risen increasingly that had a vital impact on educational improvements. Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is one of the pivotal means and methods that has an important effect on improving language learning of the students [1]. Most research outcomes have confirmed the favourable roles of CALL in learning language and language proficiencies. This type of technology has boosted language teaching and learning in various EFL contexts, and it has increased the creativity and the productivity of the students and has contributed to individual learning differences. Education Research International language practices, teaching exercises, teaching methods, and even as a useful instrument to cause discussions and language interactions. Nowadays, utilizing computers is appearing as an essential source in language learning and teaching that has got lots of heed in the instructional contexts [2]
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