Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?

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Autor(a) principal: Couvaneiro, Sílvia Roda
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Pedro, Neuza
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.21814/diacritica.265
Resumo: The goal of this study is to understand if there is an impact on students’ motivation to learn English as a Foreign Language when mobile technologies are used to support active learning activities that develop students’ oral production competences. The participants were two teachers and their 106 students, divided in 3 classes of the 7thgrade and 1 of the 8thgrade, who were using their own tablets at school. This use wasthe result of a school project for promoting the integration of technology in classroom activities. At the beginning and end of the school year, students answered a questionnaire that contained three dimensions of a motivation indexfrom Gardner’s “The Attitude/Motivation Test Battery”. Following a preliminary analysis ofthese quantitative data, the instrument for qualitative data collection was created–an interview protocol which was applied to the two teachers. After analysing the qualitative data, all the data wasanalysed and the outcomes scrutinized. Thus, this mixed methods research design followed a sequential explanatory strategy, since the latter alloweda further analysis of the initial results. The results revealed a favourable tendency in terms of student motivation, although statistically significant differences were only found in the case of students with initial lower and moderate levels of motivation. Both teachers referred improvementsin student participation and engagement in classroom activities.
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spelling Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?Poderão os tablets nas aulas de ile ter impacto na motivação dos alunos para aprender inglês?Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).Tabletsnglish as a Foreign Language (EFL)Motivation. One-to-one (1:1)Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)Aprendizagem de Línguas Assistida por Tecnologias Móveis (MALL)TabletsInglês –Língua Estrangeira (ILE)Motivação. Um-para-um (1:1)Aprendizagem enriquecida por tecnologiaThe goal of this study is to understand if there is an impact on students’ motivation to learn English as a Foreign Language when mobile technologies are used to support active learning activities that develop students’ oral production competences. The participants were two teachers and their 106 students, divided in 3 classes of the 7thgrade and 1 of the 8thgrade, who were using their own tablets at school. This use wasthe result of a school project for promoting the integration of technology in classroom activities. At the beginning and end of the school year, students answered a questionnaire that contained three dimensions of a motivation indexfrom Gardner’s “The Attitude/Motivation Test Battery”. Following a preliminary analysis ofthese quantitative data, the instrument for qualitative data collection was created–an interview protocol which was applied to the two teachers. After analysing the qualitative data, all the data wasanalysed and the outcomes scrutinized. Thus, this mixed methods research design followed a sequential explanatory strategy, since the latter alloweda further analysis of the initial results. The results revealed a favourable tendency in terms of student motivation, although statistically significant differences were only found in the case of students with initial lower and moderate levels of motivation. Both teachers referred improvementsin student participation and engagement in classroom activities.O objetivo deste estudo é entender se haverá um impacto na motivação dos alunos para aprender inglês como língua estrangeira quando se recorre a tecnologias móveis para apoiar atividades de aprendizagem ativas que desenvolvam as competências de produção oral dos alunos. Os participantes foram dois professores e os seus 106 alunos, divididos em 3 turmas de7.º e 1 de8.ºano, que usavam os próprios tablets na escola. Essa utilização resultou de um projeto da escola para promover a integração de tecnologias nas atividades da sala de aula. No início e no final do ano letivo, os alunos responderam a um questionário que continha três dimensões de um índice de motivação, retirado da “Bateria de Testes de Atitude/Motivação” de Gardner. Após uma análise preliminar a esses dados quantitativos, foi criado o instrumento de recolha de dados qualitativos–um protocolo de entrevista aplicado a dois professores. Após a análise dos dados qualitativos, todos os dados foram analisados em conjunto e esses resultados examinados. Assim, este desenho de investigação com métodos mistos seguiu uma estratégia explanatória sequencial, uma vez que os últimos dados permitiram uma análise mais aprofundada dos dados iniciais. Os resultados revelaram uma tendência favorável em termos de motivação dos alunos, embora se tivessem encontrado diferenças estatisticamente significativas apenas no caso dos alunos com níveis iniciais de motivação mais baixos e moderados. Ambos os professores referiram melhorias na participação e envolvimento dos alunos nas atividades em sala de aula. CEHUM2020-04-07info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.21814/diacritica.265https://doi.org/10.21814/diacritica.265Diacrítica; Vol. 34 N.º 1 (2020): Línguas & Tecnologias: modalidades, desafios e experiência; 275-290Diacrítica; Vol. 34 No. 1 (2020): Línguas & Tecnologias: modalidades, desafios e experiência; 275-2902183-91740870-896710.21814/diacritica.34.1reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://revistas.uminho.pt/index.php/diacritica/article/view/4972https://revistas.uminho.pt/index.php/diacritica/article/view/4972/5593Direitos de Autor (c) 2023 Sílvia Roda Couvaneiro, Neuza Pedroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCouvaneiro, Sílvia RodaPedro, Neuza2023-07-28T07:47:38Zoai:journals.uminho.pt:article/4972Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:34:36.829349Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
Poderão os tablets nas aulas de ile ter impacto na motivação dos alunos para aprender inglês?
title Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
spellingShingle Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
Couvaneiro, Sílvia Roda
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).
Tablets
nglish as a Foreign Language (EFL)
Motivation. One-to-one (1:1)
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
Aprendizagem de Línguas Assistida por Tecnologias Móveis (MALL)
Tablets
Inglês –Língua Estrangeira (ILE)
Motivação. Um-para-um (1:1)
Aprendizagem enriquecida por tecnologia
title_short Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
title_full Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
title_fullStr Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
title_full_unstemmed Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
title_sort Can tablets in efl classes impact students’ motivation to learn English?
author Couvaneiro, Sílvia Roda
author_facet Couvaneiro, Sílvia Roda
Pedro, Neuza
author_role author
author2 Pedro, Neuza
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Couvaneiro, Sílvia Roda
Pedro, Neuza
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).
Tablets
nglish as a Foreign Language (EFL)
Motivation. One-to-one (1:1)
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
Aprendizagem de Línguas Assistida por Tecnologias Móveis (MALL)
Tablets
Inglês –Língua Estrangeira (ILE)
Motivação. Um-para-um (1:1)
Aprendizagem enriquecida por tecnologia
topic Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).
Tablets
nglish as a Foreign Language (EFL)
Motivation. One-to-one (1:1)
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
Aprendizagem de Línguas Assistida por Tecnologias Móveis (MALL)
Tablets
Inglês –Língua Estrangeira (ILE)
Motivação. Um-para-um (1:1)
Aprendizagem enriquecida por tecnologia
description The goal of this study is to understand if there is an impact on students’ motivation to learn English as a Foreign Language when mobile technologies are used to support active learning activities that develop students’ oral production competences. The participants were two teachers and their 106 students, divided in 3 classes of the 7thgrade and 1 of the 8thgrade, who were using their own tablets at school. This use wasthe result of a school project for promoting the integration of technology in classroom activities. At the beginning and end of the school year, students answered a questionnaire that contained three dimensions of a motivation indexfrom Gardner’s “The Attitude/Motivation Test Battery”. Following a preliminary analysis ofthese quantitative data, the instrument for qualitative data collection was created–an interview protocol which was applied to the two teachers. After analysing the qualitative data, all the data wasanalysed and the outcomes scrutinized. Thus, this mixed methods research design followed a sequential explanatory strategy, since the latter alloweda further analysis of the initial results. The results revealed a favourable tendency in terms of student motivation, although statistically significant differences were only found in the case of students with initial lower and moderate levels of motivation. Both teachers referred improvementsin student participation and engagement in classroom activities.
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