Web-based Language Research Articles

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF WEB-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING (WBLL) THROUGH WRITE & IMPROVE ON WRITING SKILLS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

This study examines the impact of Web-Based Language Learning (WBLL) using the program Write & Improve on secondary school students' writing skills at SM St. Michael, Penampang, using the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). The study sought to investigate students' perspectives and impact in writing through guided practice and feedback. The technique used a two-cycle action research design that included both writing activities and open-ended surveys to collect information about students' writing performance and perceptions. Initial studies revealed that students struggled with the tool's UI and feedback mechanisms, restricting their development throughout the first cycle. However, significant increases were seen in the second cycle, with students obtaining higher CEFR bands and showing a greater grasp of feedback. Surveys revealed high satisfaction and perceived effectiveness of Write & Improve, despite some technical issues and occasional inaccuracies in feedback. The study emphasizes the significance of teacher participation, as SCT and Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) indicate that directed learning and feedback can improve student outcomes. Researchers should conduct longitudinal investigations and perform different demographic testing. For educators, the findings emphasize optimal practices for incorporating WBLL technologies into instruction. This study adds to the growing body of knowledge about digital learning aids as well as providing ideas for better writing teaching through technology.

EXERCISES FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL AND DIGITAL THINKING IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The article explores the interplay between critical thinking and digital literacy in today's technology-driven society. This article explores various exercises designed to enhance critical and digital thinking skills in the context of teaching foreign languages. It emphasizes the integration of language learning with digital literacy, presenting activities for developing critical thinking such as source evaluation, comparative analysis, digital footprint assessment, online discussion evaluation, ethical considerations, digital content analysis, online research and presentation tools to produce their project, reflective blogging, virtual debate. Additionally, it highlights the importance of engaging in digital scavenger hunt, evaluating online language tools, creating digital content, online discussion forums, web-based language projects, analyzing digital media, digital storytelling, online forums for better digital communication and project-based learning for collaboration based on digital thinking.

Sophomore Students’ Voice of Web-Based Learning English.

The present study aims to bridge the gaps between limited Web-based Learning English (WBLE) focused on speaking ability enhancement and sophomore multilevel speaking students' perceptions and to design a qualitative narrative study using seven sophomore university students aged 20-24 years old. Students were chosen through purposive sampling and used mobile phones and personal computers for learning purposes. The results demonstrated the use of web-based language learning to encourage students to speak English as a Foreign Language. The students used two WBLE techniques, online and offline, both on- and off-campus. They accessed five recommended WBLE: British Broadcasting Corporation, PhraseMix, VOA Learning English, British Council, and TalkEnglish. Students used online WBLE to attend blended lectures agreed upon by their teachers. This study highlights the potential of WBLE to improve speaking skills among sophomore-level students, emphasizing the need for further research and development in this field.

Developing Website English Learning Application with Google Site to Enhance Grammar Understanding

Grammar understanding is the main point to get the English skill. This study explores the development of a website-based English learning application aimed at enhancing grammar understanding, utilizing Google Sites as the platform. The application was developed following the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Waterfall Model, encompassing phases of requirements analysis, system design, implementation, testing, and deployment. The primary objective was to create an accessible, user-friendly platform that provides comprehensive grammar tutorials, interactive exercises, and quizzes to reinforce learning. During the development process, key user needs were identified, leading to the design of a structured and responsive website. The implementation phase focused on integrating multimedia content and interactive elements to engage learners and facilitate effective grammar practice. Testing involved both functionality and user experience assessments, with feedback indicating that the application successfully supported grammar learning, though some improvements were recommended for clarity and content breadth. The study concludes that using Google Sites for educational purposes offers a practical solution for creating accessible learning tools. The application demonstrated significant potential in enhancing grammar understanding among users, with future improvements suggested to expand the range of topics and interactive features. This project provides a foundation for further exploration of web-based language learning applications using low-cost, widely available platforms.

Robot-assisted language assessment: development and evaluation of feasibility and usability

Many studies have shown that robots can provide medical help to patients, such as supporting physical movements, managing mood, or simulating cognitive function. However, robotic cognitive/language assessment, which is vital for mental health care, has not been fully explored and is limited to only a few types of assessment. The aim of this study is to present and evaluate a social robot equipped with a web-based language assessment for sentence comprehension test (SCT) with a dialogue system involving yes/no questions. A total of 50 participants took the test with 36 items conducted by a robot (robot-SCT), while a total of 55 participants took the same test but conducted by a human examiner (human-SCT). Comparative analyses were performed to evaluate the validity of the robot-SCT in terms of test scores and time-related measures. Usability was evaluated through the system usability score and interview feedback. With regard to the validity of the robot-SCT, the test scores indicated no significant differences between the robot-SCT and human-SCT. In addition, conditional differences in reaction time for the test items were observed, similar to the previous paper-and-pencil researches. The high system usability scores (i.e., mean = 78.5, SD = 11) demonstrated the high usability of the robot-SCT. This study demonstrates the validity and usability of robotic language assessment among normal adults. However, further evaluation is required for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

Bibliometric Analysis of the Studies on Web-Based Language Teaching

This study aims to build a bibliometric mapping of research on web-based language instruction. By identifying the elements of author, publication, keyword, journal, country, and citation, the bibliometric mapping approach was utilized to examine trends in web-based language instruction research from an international viewpoint. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education has published most of the research on the topic. According to the findings, Xie H. and Zou, D. are the most pertinent writers. The most significant university is Anadolu University. The USA leads the world in terms of total publications, co-authored publications, national publications, and cited articles. Frequently used keywords include "language," "students," "education," and "technology." The authors' cluster analysis revealed that the papers are mainly divided into 5 classes. The names of the web-based teaching methods are assigned to each group. It is anticipated that this study will significantly advance future research in web-based language instruction.

The effects of web-based language learning on university students' translation proficiency

Web-based language learning materials have been among the preferred materials to be used by English language instructors since they are plentiful, straightforwardly accessed, user-friendly, and most importantly, are provided for free. This study investigates the effects of learning the simple perfect tense translation in three different English translation classes which applied three different modes of teaching, which were the traditional face-to-face method, integrative method, and web-based learning method. Furthermore, it is aimed to examine the effects of proficiency level in each mode of teaching and also to determine the best method for learning translation. The research is a quantitative study and the design is a pre-and post-test quasi-experimental design. The pretest-posttest study involved 87, third-year undergraduate students, that is 52 advanced and 35 intermediate students. All groups were exposed to one mode of teaching only for 4 weeks. The results indicated that there is a significant difference in both tests for all modes used.
 Keywords: Web-based language learning, translation proficiency, traditional method, integrative method, web-based learning method;

The effects of web-based language learning on university students' translation proficiency

PurposeWeb-based language learning (WBLL) materials have long been favored by English language instructors because they are plentiful, easily accessible, user-friendly and, most importantly, free. This research looks into the effects of learning the simple perfect tense translation in three different English translation classes that used three different teaching methods: traditional face-to-face, integrative and web-based learning. It also aims to investigate the impact of gender on every mode of instruction and to identify the most effective method for learning translation.Design/methodology/approachThe study is quantitative, with a pretest/posttest quasi-experimental research design. A total of 93 third-year undergraduate students (51 female and 42 male students) participated in the pretest/posttest design. Each group was exposed to one mode of instruction for nine weeks. All groups sat for a pretest in the first week of the treatment. After the treatment, the participants were provided with a posttest, and the data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS computer software program.FindingsThe findings revealed a significant difference in both tests for all modes used. All three groups improved in their gain score, but the highest gain among these groups was the integrative method, followed by web-based learning. The result of the independent sample t-tests and ANOVA exhibited that there was no significant difference in the level of students between the two groups, both were sig. two-tailed (p = 0.342). Furthermore, it was discovered that gender did not affect students' performance in the posttest (Z = −1.564, p > 0.05) when each mode of instruction was applied. Finally, the integrative method was observed to be the most effective.Practical implicationsThe findings can inspire translation course designers to plan necessary policies or syllabi regarding English translation courses and may serve as a platform for improving the curriculum for training and motivating the next generation of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners.Originality/valueThe findings of this study could be used to improve English instruction in countries where English is a second or foreign language. The actual gap in knowledge is that no other studies have compared all three groups in the past few years.

Web-based language production experiments: Semantic interference assessment is robust for spoken and typed response modalities

For experimental research on language production, temporal precision and high quality of the recorded audio files are imperative. These requirements are a considerable challenge if language production is to be investigated online. However, online research has huge potential in terms of efficiency, ecological validity and diversity of study populations in psycholinguistic and related research, also beyond the current situation. Here, we supply confirmatory evidence that language production can be investigated online and that reaction time (RT) distributions and error rates are similar in written naming responses (using the keyboard) and typical overt spoken responses. To assess semantic interference effects in both modalities, we performed two pre-registered experiments (n = 30 each) in online settings using the participants’ web browsers. A cumulative semantic interference (CSI) paradigm was employed that required naming several exemplars of semantic categories within a seemingly unrelated sequence of objects. RT is expected to increase linearly for each additional exemplar of a category. In Experiment 1, CSI effects in naming times described in lab-based studies were replicated. In Experiment 2, the responses were typed on participants’ computer keyboards, and the first correct key press was used for RT analysis. This novel response assessment yielded a qualitatively similar, very robust CSI effect. Besides technical ease of application, collecting typewritten responses and automatic data preprocessing substantially reduce the work load for language production research. Results of both experiments open new perspectives for research on RT effects in language experiments across a wide range of contexts. JavaScript- and R-based implementations for data collection and processing are available for download.

An Account of Teaching Vocabulary to Indonesian EFL Learners through Web-Based Language Instruction (WLI): Attitude in Focus

Since English has been deemed a foreign language in Indonesian schools, how EFL students learn and acquire English vocabulary has been a hot topic. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact of WLI on Indonesian EFL students’ vocabulary gains and to discover how students feel about the usage of a web-based method in language instruction. Students were randomly assigned to one of two groups: the Experimental group (EG = 30), which used free vocabulary learning webpages on the IELTS English language learning site each day for 12 weeks, and the control group (CG = 30), which got regular classroom teaching every session. This was done to make sure that the groups were homogeneous. By introducing web-based training into the curriculum, it seemed that students perceptions of language acquisition had improved. The findings showed a considerable disparity in vocabularies among EG and CG. The vocabulary of EFL students improved as a result of WBL education. This study results might have some benefits on how languages are taught and learned.

Penerapan Metode Time Charter Party Pada Sistem Informasi Penyewaan Alat Camping Berbasis Web

Sinar Adventure Store is a shop that provides camping equipment, this store has many customers who want to rent camping equipment such as tents, carril bags, stoves and sling bags. But the camping equipment rental transaction at this shop still uses the conventional process, so there are still many errors that occur in writing information and data reports on this camping equipment rental. This is the author's reference in designing a web-based camping equipment rental information system, with HTML, CSS, and PHP programming languages as the database. This system is designed using the waterfall method and the system follows the flow of the Time Charter Party method. In data processing, such as recording rental transaction data, it is still stored in a ledger storage media so that data security is not guaranteed because there is no more searching for camping equipment data at the Sinar Adventure Store who still has to wait a long time because they have to find one data person in the books. The purpose of creating this rental system is to overcome the problems that are currently happening at the Sinar Adventure Store store. The results of this study are to provide convenience in the processing of camping equipment data at the Sinar Adventure Store store such as admin data, data rental, ordering, checkout and to simplify the data search process in addition to having a more effective and larger storage media.

Investigating Chinese University Students' Enjoyment in a Web-Based Language Learning Environment: Validation of the Online Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale.

The revolution in web-based technologies has enriched pedagogical practices and motivated scholars to address learners' positive and negative emotions in the web-based language learning environment. In this study, we first examined the psychometric properties of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale (FLES) and then developed the Online Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale (OFLES). We adopted a mixed-method approach using a sample of 383 first language Chinese EFL undergraduates. In stage one of the research, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis supported an 11-item and 4-factor OFLES structure with an ideal model fit. The four sub-domains of the new enjoyment construct were OFLES- Teacher, Private, Interaction, and Competence. The Teacher domain accounted for most variance. In stage two, the qualitative analyses of feedback on an open-ended question concerning enjoyable episodes from 56 of the 383 participants revealed various sources of enjoyment for Chinese university EFL learners attending online English courses. Our findings contribute to an emerging wave of research examining the cross-contextual application of the FLES and provide important pedagogical implications for L2 practitioners and researchers. We discuss suggestions for future research.

The analysis of reading texts about 5th and 6th grade English textbooks with 2015 Revised National Curriculum

The purpose of this study is to explore the readability of reading texts in the elementary school English Textbooks based on 2015 Revised National Curriculum for the 5th and 6th year students. This study compared the readability of the five English textbooks from each grade, and the ten English textbooks were analyzed using Coh-Metrix, a web-based language corpus analysis tool. The Coh-Metrix indices used for the current study are descriptive, lexical features, word information, syntactic complexity and readability scores. This study investigated the continuity of the English textbooks of elementary school 5th and 6th grades by analyzing the readability. The following summary concludes the research findings. First, statistically significant differences were found among English textbooks of each grade in the descriptive counts like the number of words and sentences, lexical diversity and syntactic complexity, whereas, there were no significant differences in word information and standard readability indices. Second, there were statistically significant differences in descriptive counts, syntactic complexity and readability scores between 5th and 6th grade reading texts, but no significant differences existed in lexical diversity and word information. Further important implications and suggestions regarding the elementary English textbooks were discussed.

Reevaluating pragmatic reasoning in language games.

The results of a highly influential study that tested the predictions of the Rational Speech Act (RSA) model suggest that (a) listeners use pragmatic reasoning in one-shot web-based referential communication games despite the artificial, highly constrained, and minimally interactive nature of the task, and (b) that RSA accurately captures this behavior. In this work, we reevaluate the contribution of the pragmatic reasoning formalized by RSA in explaining listener behavior by comparing RSA to a baseline literal listener model that is only driven by literal word meaning and the prior probability of referring to an object. Across three experiments we observe only modest evidence of pragmatic behavior in one-shot web-based language games, and only under very limited circumstances. We find that although RSA provides a strong fit to listener responses, it does not perform better than the baseline literal listener model. Our results suggest that while participants playing the role of the Speaker are informative in these one-shot web-based reference games, participants playing the role of the Listener only rarely take this Speaker behavior into account to reason about the intended referent. In addition, we show that RSA’s fit is primarily due to a combination of non-pragmatic factors, perhaps the most surprising of which is that in the majority of conditions that are amenable to pragmatic reasoning, RSA (accurately) predicts that listeners will behave non-pragmatically. This leads us to conclude that RSA’s strong overall correlation with human behavior in one-shot web-based language games does not reflect listener’s pragmatic reasoning about informative speakers.

PERANCANGAN SISTEM PAKAR UNTUK MENGIDENTIFIKASI GANGGUAN PADA TANAMAN JAMBU AIR MENGGUNAKAN METODE CERTAINTY FACTOR

The state of Indonesia, especially in the area of Central Java, is one of the largest producers of water guava. Some farmers rely on the results of guava cultivation as the basis for the family's economy because the guava harvest is quite promising. However, in certain seasons, water guava plants are often attacked by various kinds of pest and disease season disturbances. So that it can reduce crop yields or even cause crop failure. To overcome this problem, fast and precise action is needed so that the guava plant is protected from various kinds of pests and diseases. The method of developing an expert system for disturbance in water guava plants is the best solution in order to identify disturbances in water guava plants as early as possible. The method used in this expert system is the certainty factor method. With this method, several experts are needed to provide data related to disturbances in water guava plants. The expert system for guava plant disorders is designed using a web-based PHP programming language. In designing the knowledge base, which is the core of this system, is made dynamically to make it easier to add new data.

A Coh-Metrix-based analysis of 6 th grade English textbooks for the 2015 Revised National Curriculum

The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare five 6th grade English textbooks for the 2015 Revised National Curriculum using Coh-Metrix, a web-based language corpus analysis tool. The following measures were selected to analyze the textbooks at both surface level and in-depth level: descriptive counts, word information, standard readability, discourse cohesion, and syntactic complexity. The following summary concludes the research findings. First, based on the results of the descriptive counts, statistically significant differences were found between the textbooks in the number of sentences and words, which resulted in some discrepancies in the length of the texts. Second, there were no significant differences in the frequency of the five parts of speech and content words, whereas the textbooks revealed significant differences in type-token ratio for content words. Third, no significant differences existed in the standard readability shown in the textbooks and they consisted of the texts appropriate to the level of understanding of first graders in the United States. Fourth, according to the in-depth analysis of the texts, there were no significant differences between the textbooks in terms of discourse cohesion and syntactic complexity. Further important implications and suggestions regarding development of the English textbooks were discussed.

Web-based language learning and speaking anxiety

Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA) is known to negatively affect the performance of foreign language learners. Among the four language skills, speaking is the most anxiety-provoking skill. We investigated the presence of FLSA in Indonesian vocational high school students and we tested whether web-based language learning might help to reduce speaking anxiety, in particular when the facility in question is equipped with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). A mixed methods research was employed to investigate FLSA in 573 vocational high school students. A subset of them (n = 167) was selected to participate in two ASR-based web-experiments using www.iloveindonesia.my.id and NovoLearning. We additionally interviewed 11 of the students who participated in these web-experiments and five English teachers. The results showed that students indicated a moderate-to-serious level of FLSA, that they evaluated the learning websites positively, and believed that web-based language learning could alleviate their speaking anxiety. The interviews revealed that students felt less anxious when speaking in front of the ASR-based websites compared to speaking to peers or people. In order to evaluate the real effectiveness of ASR-based learning websites, future studies should investigate actual improvement of learners’ speaking skills over a longer period of time.

Perancangan Sistem Informasi Jasa Wedding Organizer pada CV. Boganesia Jaya Berbasis Web

The presence of technology and science has evolved in the world of work and its development, in this Globalization Era, it requires people to participate in these developments. This method uses processing in the field of work which was initially managed manually by recording orders written in a ledger, now managed using modern technology. From the results of this study it can be seen that in recording existing orders on the CV. Boganesia Jaya has not implemented the system or is still using manual methods. In that case some suggestions can be given to the company for further development by means of an information system designed using an application with the web-based PHP and MySQL programming language to solve this problem in CV. Boganesia Jaya which is more effective and accurate.

Design of cloud computing-based foreign language teaching management system based on parallel computing

In view of the long response time of the traditional foreign language teaching management system and the inability to guide students to improve their learning interest, a foreign language teaching management system based on parallel computing is proposed. In this method, the cloud architecture of the foreign language teaching system is given under the cloud computing environment, on which the parallel computing method is adopted to design the foreign language teaching management system hardware, which is scalable and flexible. The parallel algorithm is designed and the communication between the modules of the system is implemented with C# language. The experimental results show that response time for each of the four scores of 'Zhang' is 1s in reference (Huang, 2017), the response time for each of them is only 0.6 s in this paper. The system can shorten the response time for query and improve the development speed of web-based foreign language teaching, effectively promotes the development of web-based foreign language teaching and students' interests in foreign language learning.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Kamera DSLR Dengan Metode Promethee

Kamera Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) adalah sebuah kamera dengan sistem digital yang memakai satu buah lensa yang terpasang di body kamera. Semua merk kamera DSLR membagi konsumen mereka di kelas-kelas pengguna kamera untuk mepermudah pengguna menbedakan fiturnya, seperti : kelas pemula (entry level), kelas profesional (semi-professional & professional) dan kelas menengah (semi advanced & advanced). Pemilihan kamera DSLR untuk komsumen memiliki cukup banyak parameter yang dapat dijadikan tolak ukur bagi seseorang untuk menentukan kamera DSLR mana yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan keinginannya. Parameter digunakan dalam penentuan kamera DSLR dapat berupa penilaian subjektif atau penilaian objektif. Terkadang seseorang kesulitan dalam menentukan parameter yang diambil dalam menentukan keputusan, sehingga pilihan yang diambil pada akhirnya kurang begitu sesuai dengan apa yang diharapkan. Metode promethee merupakan salah satu penentuan urutan (prioritas) dalam analisis multikriteria. Kesederhanaan, kejelasan, dan kestabilan, merupakan fokus masalah pokok dalam metode promethee. Seperti kebanyakan metode lainnya, proses perangkingan dilakukan dengan melakukan seleksi kepada beberapa alternatif dengan kriteria yang telah ditentukan. Terdapat Sembilan kriteria yang akan diuji, yaitu : image resolution, video resolution, ISO, focus point, screen pixel, shutter speed, battery life, class camera dan harga. Aplikasi Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Kamera DSLR ini dibuat dengan Bahasa pemrograman berbasis web PHP dan mysql sebagai perangkat lunak sistem manajemen database. Sistem ini diharapkan dapat memberikan rekomendasi kamera DSLR sesuai dengan kriteria yang ditentukan oleh calon konsumen secara efisien dan efektif, sehingga meminimalisir kemungkinan kerugian yang didapatkan oleh konsumen.