Research Proposal
By Kholoud
Al-Shamrani
Title:
The Effect of Using Computer for Teaching English in the Elementary
Saudi Classrooms in Asir Region.
Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the
effect of using computer in teaching English language in the elementary stage
in Asir in Saudi Arabia . The importance of this research relies upon the fact
that it investigates whether this effect has a positive or negative side on the
Saudi learners specially in this young age. The methodology that I will use in
this research to collect data is both quantitative and qualitative. The
questionnaire will be submitted to 40 participants among school's teachers and
supervisors . The data analysis that I will use in this research is the
descriptive statistics. The main results and findings of the research will
reveal the effect of using computer on learning the English language in that
region at this young age. The study will conclude with suggestions and
recommendations to improve using technology in the classrooms..
Aims and objectives:
The research
seeks to evaluate the weaknesses and the strengths of using computer in the elementary
stage and determined whether it is sufficient and effective way in teaching
that could achieve the goals of teaching English for the students at this early
age .
Time-Span:
Activity:
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Target Date:
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Choose the topic and search for another same topics.
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24/9/2014
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Focus on the topic :write the research questions, make the thesis.
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27/9/2014
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Develop the whole plan for the rest of the paper, gather literature
review .
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15/10/2014
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Develop working bibliography.
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17/10/2014
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Develop the field research ,Collect the data
and Complete Internet
research.
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20/10/2014
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Review, organize and refine thesis , develop paper outline. And analysis the data.
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22/10/2014
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Write the first draft and Seek feedback.
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23/10/2014
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Conduct further research.
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25/10/2014
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Revise first draft for global change.
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29/10/2014
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Edit the paper.
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30/10/2014
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Complete and check documentation.
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1/11/2014
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Check the paper (the grammar, punctuation, spelling).
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3/11/2014
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Print the research and submit it.
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6/11/2014
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Background :
English language has become an
important tool of communication among nations. Therefore , the Saudi government started to teach it as a foreign language in
governmental schools. The Ministry of Education started to teach English
starting from the sixth grade in 2004 and from the fourth grade in 2011. In this paper, I will give an evaluation of using computer in a series named "We
Can". It is specially designed for the elementary stage. The designers of
this series tried to make it suitable to our community and culture. I will try to investigate if using computer in teaching is suitable
for Saudi children and if it could achieve the communicative purpose and goals
of teaching and if it helps them to improve their proficiency in learning English. It is a new and experimental curriculum therefore the evaluation is
an educational necessity.
Research Design :
This research will depend on Dell Hymes' theory in the communicative
approach. According to Hymes,
The basic foundation of the communicative theory is that the learner should use
the target language as a tool of interaction and communication .Thereby ,
the language is being learned implicitly rather than explicitly. This research aims to investigate whether
using computer can provide such an environment for the students . In other
words, it can provide what Krashen has considered as a “comprehensible input”
and whether it is suitable to our community and culture and if it could
achieve the communicative purpose and goals of teaching.
Methodology:
The research will be both
qualitative and quantitative in nature.
I will use a questionnaire and my own
experiences and opinions as I worked as an EFL teacher in a governmental elementary
school in Saudi Arabia for about three years .
The questionnaire will include 8 different questions. The questionnaire will
be submitted to 50 participants among teachers and supervisors.
Significance:
The
importance of this research relies upon the fact that it reflects the
weaknesses and the strengths of using computer in the Saudi classrooms in Asir;
which use a new curriculum and started the teaching of English in the last two
years. The research tries to decide whether using computer is sufficient and
effective way of learning specially to the student's early age in Asir region.
References :
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). The “Communicative Competence” Controversy . Asian EFL Journal. , 7 (3), 55-60.
2- Al-Mansour. N, Al-Shorman. R .The effect of computer-assisted instruction
on Saudi University students’ learning of English. 2012. Journal of King Saud
University - Languages and Translation.
3- AlHammadi, F. S.(2013) .International Journal of English
Linguistics, the urgent necessity for learning and using English as an
International Dialect of Communication in the Arab School System and
Universities: A Sociolinguistic Study.
4- Davies, G.(2014).Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). LLAS
Centre for languages .University of Southampton.
5- Fromkin, V.-, Rodman, R,. & Hyams, N. (2014). An
Introduction to Language. (10th ed.) . Boston , Wadsworth Cengage Learning
6-Graddol ,D. (1997).The Future of English.
The English Company( UK). London:
British Council.
7-Galloway ,A.(1993).Communicative Language teaching .Centre of
applied linguistics.
8-Jack, C.-, Richards, Theodore S. Rodgers.(2001). Approaches and
Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge University press.
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Communicative Competence in L2 Learning. Sophia Junior College Faculty Bulletin.
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12-Stepp-Greany,
J. (2002). Student Perceptions on Language Learning in a Technological Environment : Implications for the New
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