Implementing web applications in the English as a foreign language classroom to develop learners’ productive skills: The case of Kazakhstan

Q1 Arts and Humanities

JALT CALL Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.29140/jaltcall.v19n2.1075

Tatyana Shelestova, Aizhan Nabiyeva, Anna Kalizhanova

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The paper reports the results of an exploratory quantitative study investigating the potential of VoiceThread and Flipgrid as learning tools for the development of learners’ productive skills and enhancing learners’ performance to provide the basis for continuing independent practice. The study involved a total of 39 students in a four-week English course; 19 students used the VoiceThread and Flipgrid software, and 20 students in a control group followed the same curriculum but without these web applications. Students carried out a weekly extended speaking task (storytelling) on a topic related to the curriculum. To prepare for this, they used VoiceThread and Flipgrid software to record and rehearse their presentation for other students and for the teacher to listen to and provide individual feedback. The recordings were analyzed according to the Speaking Assessment Scale. Questionnaires were used to investigate learners’ perceptions of the task’s value and of their performance and confidence changes over time. The results showed that regular VoiceThread and Flipgrid tasks help learners develop their productive skills, performance, and confidence in spoken English. Such voice-recording activities have the potential to improve speaking and writing and thus tackle the limitations on time, practice, and feedback inherent in classroom based courses

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在英语作为外语的课堂中实施网络应用以发展学习者的生产技能:以哈萨克斯坦为例

本文报告了一项探索性定量研究的结果，该研究调查了VoiceThread和Flipgrid作为学习工具的潜力，用于发展学习者的生产技能，提高学习者的表现，为继续独立实践提供基础。这项研究共有39名学生参加了为期四周的英语课程;19名学生使用了VoiceThread和Flipgrid软件，对照组的20名学生学习了相同的课程，但没有使用这些网络应用程序。学生每周就课程相关的主题进行一次扩展演讲任务(讲故事)。为了做好准备，他们使用了VoiceThread和Flipgrid软件来录制和排练他们的演讲，供其他学生和老师听，并提供个人反馈。根据口语评定量表对录音进行分析。使用问卷调查学习者对任务价值的看法，以及他们的表现和信心随时间的变化。结果表明，定期的VoiceThread和Flipgrid任务有助于学习者发展他们的生产技能、表现和对英语口语的信心。这种录音活动有可能提高口语和写作水平，从而解决课堂课程中固有的时间、练习和反馈的限制

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JALT CALL Journal Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： The JALT CALL Journal is an international refereed journal committed to excellence in research in all areas within the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning.