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标题：The effects of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Call) on ESL Tertiary level Learner’s Reading Skills and their Attitudes to its usage: A Case Study of SBBU SBA
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作者：Rashid Ali Chandio ; Shabana Sartaj ; Ali Raza Khoso 等
期刊名称：Ilköğretim Online/Elementary Education Online
印刷版ISSN：1305-3515
电子版ISSN：1305-3515
出版年度：2021
卷号：20
期号：5
页码：5994-6002
DOI：10.17051/ilkonline.2021.05.673
语种：English
出版社：Öğretmen Eğitimi Akademisi
摘要：The present research study aims at investigating the effects of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Call) on ESL Tertiary level Learner’s Reading Skills and their Attitudes to its usage. CALL is growing a field in education which focuses on the utilization of computers in language teaching and learning processes. Modern technological tools have completely changed the methods and tools of teaching and learning language, especially CALL has revolutionized global educational structure of teaching and learning language. By keeping current scenario education in mind, the researcher has felt to conduct the study in which CALL experiment has been carried out to teach reading skills to the students and to see what attitude students developed after CALL experiment. To carry out the CALL experiment, the researcher picked 50 students from BBA 20 BATCH have been selected by using purposive sampling technique. First three lessons were taken from the Oxford English for undergraduates written by D.H Hove, T.A. Kirkpatrick, D.L. Kirkpatrick, and time frame of carrying out this experiment was two weeks by using GOOGLE MEET SOFTWARE OF CALL. Before CALL treatment started the participants were gone through to the pretest and after the experiment ended, the collected data from these samples were analyzed by using SPPS software 26 version in which t-test was employed to compare the pretest and posttest scores of the students. After the end of CALL treatment, the 15 students were selected for semi-structure interview The total number of questions for semi-structured interviews were seven which were adapted from 7-bipolar probability and evaluative scales to determine CALL users attitude from the studies of AImekhlafi (2001, 2003), and Pryor (1990, 1994) since the researcher implied the mix method approach in that SPPS software was used measure the quantitative part of the data and for analyzing the semistructure interview data, content analysis was done in the way like transcribing the data, interpreting the data, coding the data, and finally extracted themes which emerged from the data. However, the findings of this study revealed the significant effects CALL on the students’ performance and reading skills improved significantly. it has been revealed from the results that there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores of the students and overall, in pretest there is 45% cumulative average score by the students and after in posttest scores the average score is 61% and mean difference is of 17% score. semi-structure interview results revealed that the students enjoyed CALL experiments in terms of understanding and comprehending lessons in much better way. Overall, the students showed the interest and positive attitude towards CALL and its utilization to learn any language skill, especially reading skill. On the basis of findings of this study, the researcher suggested some recommendations such as To carry out more experiments like these, CALL and CALL softwares must be integrated in our educational system, and to raise awareness among the teachers and students regarding CALL and modern tools of technology..
关键词：CALL;Reading and CALL;Attitude of the Learners;CALL in Language Learning and Teachin