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Publication Date: 2016
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Enhancing Students' Language Skills through Blended Learning
Banditvilai, Choosri
Electronic Journal of e-Learning, v14 n3 p220-229 2016
This paper presents a case study of using blended learning to enhance students' language skills and learner autonomy in an Asian university environment. Blended learning represents an educational environment for much of the world where computers and the Internet are readily available. It combines self-study with valuable face-to-face interaction with a teacher. This study puts the spotlight on learning outcomes in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) class in Thailand in which e-learning strategies are used in parallel with traditional classroom language teaching methods of the four language learning skills. These skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The achievements and attitudes of students were compared between the control group and the experimental group to measure the potential of available technology to develop language skills and learner autonomy. The findings from this study show that online practice is directly beneficial to enhance the four language learning skills as well as autonomous learning and learner motivation.
Descriptors: Language Skills, Blended Learning, Case Studies, Asians, Foreign Countries, College Students, English for Special Purposes, Electronic Learning, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Listening Skills, Speech Skills, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Outcomes of Education, Independent Study, Learning Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Educational Attitudes, English, Majors (Students), Achievement Tests, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews, Conventional Instruction, Data Analysis, Pretests Posttests, English Curriculum, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of English for International Communication
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