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The Effect of a Computerized Program on Tenth Grade Students’ Acquisition of English Vocabulary
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Atef Ali Jaradat, Fawwaz Al-Abed Al-Haq
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2017.06.003
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Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan Vice President of Tafila University, Tafilah, Jordan
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of a computerized program on tenth grade students’ acquisition of English vocabulary. The study also examined if computer games stimulate and motivate EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners to increase their vocabulary. Subject of the study were 150 students, drawn from Ali Khoulki Al-Sharari Secondary School for boys in Irbid the First Educational Directorate in the first semester of the academic year 2008/2009. A computerized program “Games” was used to measure students’ acquisition of English vocabulary including four domains: conversation, synthesis, recall and preservation, and reading. Findings of the study revealed significant differences in means scores between experimental and control groups students, in favor of experimental group students, due to the instructional method used. Furthermore, students in the experimental group reported positive attitudes towards learning English vocabulary using computer games. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher suggested some recommendations and instructional implications.
KEYWORDS
computerized program, vocabulary, acquisition
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Amory, A., & Adams, C. (1999). The use of computer games as an educational tool. British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(4), 310-319.
Atyyat, I. (1992). The effect of computer assisted instruction upon tenth grade student’s mastering of English vocabulary (Unpublished mater thesis, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan).
Ayotte, S., & Mackowiak, B. (1998). Is there a place for games in the college classroom? Retrieved from http:www.search.ebscohost.Com
Betz, J. (1995). Computer games; Increases learning in an interactive multidisciplinary environment. Journal of Educational TechnologySystems, 24(4), 195-205.
Campion, R. (1999). Computer assisted foreign language learning: It’s effectiveness in the primary education. Dissertation Abstracts International, 60, 217.
Coleman, D. W. (1990). Language learning through computer adventure games. Simulation & Gaming, 21(4), 443-451.
Collin, S. (1989). The Hamlyn dictionary of computing. UK: Hamlyn.
Decure, N. (1995). Designing vocabulary games: How to use words from text. English Teaching Fourm, 31(1), 31-35.
Dickson, D. P. (1976). A comparison of the use of the active games learning medium with passive at traditional activities as a means of reinforcing recognition of selected sight vocabulary words with mid-year first grade children limited sight vocabulary (Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland in 1970). Dissertation Abstract International, 36, 10, 64456-A.
Gardner, D. (1998). Communication games; Do we know what we are talking about? ELT Journal, 41(1), 19-24.
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Keen, J. E. (1984). A study of the effects of games approach for spelling instruction. Dissertation Abstract International, 45, 4, 1024-A.
Kim, L. S. (1995). Creative games for the language class. English Teaching Fourm, 33(1), 35-42.
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Machado, P. (1997). The effects of computer assisted technology in the language acquisition rates of second language acquisition student. Dissertation Abstract international, 58, 1254.
Mumtaz, S. (2001). Children enjoyment and perception of computer use in the home and the school. Computers & Education, 36, 347-362.
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Reinking, D., & Bowl, L. B. (1996). Computers in reading and writing (Vol. 2). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
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Soloway, E. (1998). No one is making money in educational software. Communication of the ACM, 41(2), 11-15.
Sudia, D. (1985). The computer’s effect on the learning of new words (Master thesis, Kean College of New Jersey).
Teacher’s Magazine, Ministry of Education. (2007).
Tozcu, A. (1998). The effect of teaching sight vocabulary with computer assisted instruction on vocabulary gain decrease in reaction time for frequent word recognition, and reading comprehension. Dissertation Abstract International, 59, 1144.
Uberman, A. (1998). The use of games for vocabulary and revision presentation. English Teaching Forum, 36(1), 20-28.
Vogel, J. J. (2006). Computer games and interactive simulations for learning: A meta-analysis study. Dissertation Abstract International, DAI-A 58107, 2136.
Ward, P. A. (1987). A comparison of computer assisted traditional drill and practice on elementary students, vocabulary knowledge and attitude toward reading instruction. Dissertation Abstract International, 47(8), 2977-2978.
Wishart, J., & Blease, D. (1989). Cognitive factors related user environment with computers and there effects upon learning from an educational-computer game (pp. 167-177). Computers and Education, 15(2), 1-3.
Yasin, I. (2002). The effect of computer—a assisted instruction on second grade pupil’s learning of English in BanyKinanah district of education (Unpublished master thesis, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan).
Zagllool, Z. (2004). The effect of an instructional programme based on semantic strategies on the learning of lexical items by secondary stage students (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Amman, Jordan).
Zimmerman, E. B. (1997). Do reading and interactive vocabulary instruction make a difference? An empirical study. TESOL QUARTEELY, 31(1), 121-1450.