Effects of Computer Assisted Language Learning Using the 4DX Approach on TOEIC Test Ability of Pre-Service Teachers
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https://doi.org/10.14456/psruhss.2021.31Keywords:
Computer Assisted Language Learning, 4 Disciplines of Execution, Test of English for International CommunicationAbstract
The purposes of this research were to 1) develop and test the efficiency of a computer assisted language learning using the 4DX approach of pre-service teachers as with the criteria of 80/80 2) study the effects of computer assisted language Learning using the 4DX approach on TOEIC test ability of pre-service teachers. This study was one group pretest-posttest design: experimental research. The study design was a purposeful sample during 14 weeks. The samples were 26 second to fourth-year pre-service teachers who were studying in the first semester, academic year 2019, Private University in Chiangmai Province. The research instruments were 1) computer assisted language learning using the 4DX approach 2) a pretest and posttest Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC Test) by using a virtual test Tactics for TOEIC® Listening and Reading Test by Oxford University. The data were analyzed using mean, S.D and Dependent t-test. The results revealed as follows: 1) the efficiency score of a computer assisted language learning using the 4DX approach was 77.54/78.10 which is the expected criterion (80/80). 2) the posttest mean scores of pre-service teachers’ on TOEIC test ability were higher than pretest scores at a significant level of .05.
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