The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia
The present paper reports the findings of a study that investigated the physical and technical characteristics of the English language teaching courseware in Malaysia. A randomly selected group of English language teachers in Malaysia (n=200) were surveyed to evaluate the courseware. SPSS (18.0) was...
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| author | Mukundan, Jayakaran Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem Sayadian, Sima |
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| description | The present paper reports the findings of a study that investigated the physical and technical characteristics of the English language teaching courseware in Malaysia. A randomly selected group of English language teachers in Malaysia (n=200) were surveyed to evaluate the courseware. SPSS (18.0) was applied to analyze the data. The results showed that the teachers consider the technical and physical characteristics of the courseware (its technological sophistication and user-friendliness among others) to be of a moderate level. The findings can be useful for educational software developers as well as English language teachers and researchers. More research is needed to find how teachers evaluate the courseware in reference to its pedagogical appropriateness and learner attributes. |
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| spelling | upm-228712020-04-15T16:21:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22871/ The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia Mukundan, Jayakaran Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem Sayadian, Sima The present paper reports the findings of a study that investigated the physical and technical characteristics of the English language teaching courseware in Malaysia. A randomly selected group of English language teachers in Malaysia (n=200) were surveyed to evaluate the courseware. SPSS (18.0) was applied to analyze the data. The results showed that the teachers consider the technical and physical characteristics of the courseware (its technological sophistication and user-friendliness among others) to be of a moderate level. The findings can be useful for educational software developers as well as English language teachers and researchers. More research is needed to find how teachers evaluate the courseware in reference to its pedagogical appropriateness and learner attributes. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22871/1/22871.pdf Mukundan, Jayakaran and Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem and Sayadian, Sima (2012) The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia. English Language Teaching, 5 (6). pp. 2-8. ISSN 1916-4742; ESSN: 1916-4750 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/17460 10.5539/elt.v5n6p2 |
| spellingShingle | Mukundan, Jayakaran Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem Sayadian, Sima The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia |
| title | The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia |
| title_full | The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia |
| title_short | The physical and technical characteristics of English language teaching courseware in Malaysia |
| title_sort | physical and technical characteristics of english language teaching courseware in malaysia |
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