ICT's role in improving writing in English in the second cycle of learning

النوع : Mémoire

This project’s study investigated the role of ICT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a mentor and a tool in improving the English writing skills of learners in the second cycle of learning in relation to the traditional teacher and teaching strategies. The participants were 14 average students in the 5th elementary class of a private school in north Lebanon. Seven students were taught using ICT and were called the experimental group, and 7 others using the traditional means and were called the control group. They were given to write a paragraph about their opinion on the same topic before and after instruction. Their writings were studied based on how much they improved after instruction in mainly 11 skills in writing. The results showed that ICT plays a slightly better role, both as an instructor and as a tool, than the traditional means in improving at least 9 writing skills and in increasing the exploration of a studied skill in a text. It is suggested that the results could have shown to be more obvious had there been fewer limitations.