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An Online Learning Tool and its Effectiveness on Enhancing Negotiation of Meaning

Abbas, Adeel
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1341252350

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2012, Master of Computing and Information Systems, Youngstown State University, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems.
The purpose of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to describe a prototype for an online taskbased language learning (OTBLL) tool designed and developed for Turkish as a foreign language. The second purpose was to investigate the effectiveness of the OTBLL tool with respect to negotiation of meaning. More specifically, the experimental study examined the role of teaching approach in foreign language acquisition by comparing task-based instruction through the online task-based language learning tool to multimedia-based form-focused tool on the amount of negotiation of meaning. Two intermediate-level Turkish classes consisting of 28 high school students participated in this experiment. The classes were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: a control group with multimedia-based form-focused foreign language instruction and an experimental group with online task-based foreign language instructions. Instruction lasted for 10 days. The dependent variable was the amount of negotiation of meaning sequences in Turkish language produced by students in two conditions. Statistical analyses revealed that students with the online task-based instructions produced significantly more negotiation of meaning sequences than students with multimedia-based form-focused instructions. Based on those results, it was concluded that online task-based foreign language learning was more effective than multimedia-based form-focused instruction in increasing the amount of negotiation of meaning students produced.
Abdurrahman Arslanyilmaz, PhD (Committee Chair)
John Sullins, PhD (Committee Member)
Suzan Harper, MS (Committee Member)
46 p.
Computer Science; Educational Software; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Language
task based; form focused; second language learning; information technology; education software; educational; Turkish

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  • Abbas, A. (2012). An Online Learning Tool and its Effectiveness on Enhancing Negotiation of Meaning [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1341252350

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abbas, Adeel. An Online Learning Tool and its Effectiveness on Enhancing Negotiation of Meaning. 2012. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1341252350.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abbas, Adeel. "An Online Learning Tool and its Effectiveness on Enhancing Negotiation of Meaning." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1341252350

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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