An Investigation into Saudi Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes towards E-resources on BBC Learning English
| Autor: | Khalid Saleh Alzahrani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Linguistics and Language
Knowledge level 05 social sciences Educational technology E resources Attitude scale Language and Linguistics Education Likert scale 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine English as a second language Positive relationship 030212 general & internal medicine 0509 other social sciences 050904 information & library sciences Psychology Second language instruction Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | English Language Teaching. 10:108 |
| ISSN: | 1916-4750 1916-4742 |
| DOI: | 10.5539/elt.v10n9p108 |
| Popis: | The BBC Learning English website has become an important method of learning and studying English as a second language, a resource that enhances the importance of e-learning. The aim of the current research is to find Saudi students’ knowledge of and attitude towards e-resources on BBC Learning English. The sample size was 28 participants (17 male and 11 female participants). The knowledge and attitude were assessed based on scales (from a questionnaire) and their outcomes were correlated with each other; the effect of gender, age and reason for learning were also assessed in relation to the knowledge and attitude variables. Using appropriate statistical tests it was found that there is a significant positive relationship between the knowledge of e-resources and the attitude towards them on BBC Learning English. Gender was not found to have an effect on the attitude scale; however age appeared to have a significant effect on the knowledge variable. The reason for learning English was not found to have an effect on the knowledge of e-resources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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