This study investigated the students& / #8217 / and teacher& / #8217 / s perception of a web-based learning
tool for an English course which was given as a second language at elementary level.
The site was used as a supplementary material for 8th grade students in METU College.
The researcher developed the site specifically for this study and in the development
process internet and database technologies were used.The data were collected from the 22, 8th grade students through a computer attitude
scale and a questionnaire, which was developed by the researcher. An interview with the
course teacher was conducted. Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions and
researcher observation were used to express the results of the study.
The results showed that the site was perceived positively by more than half of the
students in terms of vocabulary learning through the dictionary and activities page. The
site was evaluated by the students and nearly most of the students found the site to be
useful in terms of acquiring hearsay through the dictionary and the chat page of the site.
More than half of the students perceived the chat environment more suitable for
communication than classroom environment. The course teacher evaluated the site to
be useful in terms of vocabulary learning, hearsay and online communication.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1063395/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Durdu, Levent |
| Contributors | Ozden, Yasar M. |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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