Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills

Abstract: This paper discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their language proficiency. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for a child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger childre...

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Main Author: Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling iium-109172012-04-25T05:48:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/ Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills Mat Daud, Nuraihan P Philology. Linguistics Abstract: This paper discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their language proficiency. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for a child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger children preferred sites which were more interactive. The real audience made these sites a suitable medium for developing their communication skills. The study shows that the learners improved in their writing skills with time and the Internet was a suitable tool for developing their communication skills. The analysis also reflects that the relationship between having a computer at home and access to the Internet, and students’ performance in the English language at school was statistically significant. 2010-05-17 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/1/Learning_with_ICT-_Development_of_Young_Learners%E2%80%99_Writing_Skills.pdf Mat Daud, Nuraihan (2010) Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills. In: Global Learn Asia Pacific (Global Learn) 2010, 17-20 May 2010, Penang. http://www.editlib.org/noaccess/34415
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Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills
description Abstract: This paper discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their language proficiency. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for a child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger children preferred sites which were more interactive. The real audience made these sites a suitable medium for developing their communication skills. The study shows that the learners improved in their writing skills with time and the Internet was a suitable tool for developing their communication skills. The analysis also reflects that the relationship between having a computer at home and access to the Internet, and students’ performance in the English language at school was statistically significant.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_facet Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_sort Mat Daud, Nuraihan
title Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills
title_short Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills
title_full Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills
title_fullStr Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills
title_full_unstemmed Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills
title_sort learning with ict: development of young learners' writing skills
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/1/Learning_with_ICT-_Development_of_Young_Learners%E2%80%99_Writing_Skills.pdf
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