The Effectiveness of Using WhatsApp Messenger as One of Mobile Learning Techniques to Develop Students' Writing Skills

Autor/in	Fattah, Said Fathy El Said Abdul
Titel	The Effectiveness of Using WhatsApp Messenger as One of Mobile Learning Techniques to Develop Students' Writing Skills
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (2015) 32, S.115-127 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Telecommunications; Computer Oriented Programs; Educational Technology; Teaching Methods; Writing Skills; College Students; Private Colleges; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Books; Pretests Posttests; Punctuation; Editing; Essays; Sentences; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Technology Uses in Education; Hypothesis Testing; Scores; Questionnaires; Student Surveys; Quasiexperimental Design; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekommunikationstechnik; Computerprogramm; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Collegestudent; Privathochschule; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Interpunktion; Redaktion; Textbearbeitung; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Ausland; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Fragebogen; Schülerbefragung; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	The present study was an attempt to determine the effectiveness of using a WhatsApp Messenger as one of mobile learning techniques to develop students' writing skills. Participants were 30 second year college students, English department from a private university in Saudi Arabia. The experimental group (N = 15) used WhatsApp technology to develop their writing skills; whereas the control group (N = 15) was taught their writing skills through prescribed book. The pre-post test comprised three questions, punctuate a paragraph, correct a paragraph and write an essay. This research is limited to punctuation marks, sentence structures and generating ideas. Results of the "t-test" analysis revealed that WhatsApp technique yielded significant effects on students' writing skills, i.e. the experimental group outperformed the control group. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01