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标题：Teacher Correction or Word Processors: Which Is a Better Option for the Improvement of EFL Students’ Writing Skill?
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作者：Behjat, Fatemeh
期刊名称：Journal of Language Teaching and Research
印刷版ISSN：1798-4769
出版年度：2011
卷号：2
期号：6
页码：1430-1434
DOI：10.4304/jltr.2.6.1430-1434
语种：English
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：Computers have found their way into language classrooms. It seems machines are slowly taking over from teachers all tedious working which must be done with error in language classes, all the repetitive and time-consuming jobs that make machines of teachers (Kenning, 1990). One of the ways of using computers in language classrooms is word processors to help students in writing mechanics and grammar. This study was done to see if there is any significant difference in the Iranian EFL learners’ writing when they use a word processor. For this purpose, a number of 60 sophomore EFL students at Shiraz Islamic Azad University were chosen. Two topics were assigned to write two paragraphs about. It was considered as the pretest. Then, participants were divided into two groups. For treatment, the subjects practiced paragraph writing. In the first group, the teacher corrected the papers, and in the second, the students used the word processor for making corrections. Finally, another paragraph writing test was given to them. The comparison between the students’ scores showed that there was a significant difference in the final performance of the two groups. Therefore, this study supports the idea that word processors improve the EFL learners’ writing mechanics.
关键词：CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning);word processor;writing skill;foreign language learning;teacher-correction