JClic as a Pedagogical Tool to Increase Students’ Mastery of ‘Present Perfect Simple’ in English
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JClic as a Pedagogical Tool to Increase Students’ Mastery of ‘Present Perfect Simple’ in EnglishAuthor (s)
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2015Publisher
Universitat Jaume IISSN
1139-5486Bibliographic citation
STELEA, Sorina. JClic as a Pedagogical Tool to Increase Students’ Mastery of ‘Present Perfect Simple’ in English. Fòrum de recerca, 2015, núm. 20, p. p. 637-652.Type
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Abstract
As several studies suggest (Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman 1999;
Larsen-Freeman, Kuehn & Haccius 2002; Riddell 2014) the present perfect
simple continues to be a challenge for many English language learners. In
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As several studies suggest (Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman 1999;
Larsen-Freeman, Kuehn & Haccius 2002; Riddell 2014) the present perfect
simple continues to be a challenge for many English language learners. In
particular, high school students often find it difficult to discriminate
between the simple past and the present perfect simple in English. Then,
in order to help students improve their mastery of the present perfect
simple we have designed and developed fifteen computer-based activities
with the JClic software as an innovative approach to address the research
problem. Furthermore, we consider that the present investigation may be
helpful for teachers to update their teaching techniques and materials to
better support students’ academic success and to gain more insight into
the types and causes of students’ errors in using these two troublesome
tenses. Accordingly, this small-scale quasi-experimental study sought to
answer two research questions. Concerning the first research question,
the results have shown that students’ initial knowledge level in the use of
present perfect simple was very low. About the second research question,
the data analysis showed evidence that the educational software JClic has
proved to be an effective tool for teaching and training the correct use of
the present perfect simple. In addition, the paired two samples Student’s
t-test was used when comparing pre-test (2nd end-of-term exam) and
post-test (3rd end-of-term exam) scores to test the first hypothesis and
the results indicated statistical significant difference in the population
scores. Then, we can assert that the use of JClic in the English classroom
was a good strategy to enhance the language learning process. [-]
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