La motivation pour la langue étrangère à l'école primaire : apprentissage en autonomie à l'ordinateur
The widespread availability of web-based games for learning English provided the impetus for this empirical study of the effectiveness of such activities for motivation and acquisition in young learners in a French primary school context. Eighteen pupils aged 7 to 11 in an experimental EFL class par...
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| description | The widespread availability of web-based games for learning English provided the impetus for this empirical study of the effectiveness of such activities for motivation and acquisition in young learners in a French primary school context. Eighteen pupils aged 7 to 11 in an experimental EFL class participated in a study of autonomous learning by computer, using measures of lexical recognition, oral interaction, and motivation. The group working on web-based EFL games outperformed a control group using webquests in French on some measures, with the best results obtained by learners with special motivation for computers and those with low self-efficacy for learning English but strong affiliation for the teacher. The results support further research into the utility of web-based games in the EFL classroom and the relationship between motivation and learning in the primary second language classroom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40cd74d366f247c8b1254052497c1b662022-12-21T23:40:59ZengACEDLERecherches en didactique des langues et des cultures1958-57722009-04-016110.4000/rdlc.2223La motivation pour la langue étrangère à l'école primaire : apprentissage en autonomie à l'ordinateurShona WhyteThe widespread availability of web-based games for learning English provided the impetus for this empirical study of the effectiveness of such activities for motivation and acquisition in young learners in a French primary school context. Eighteen pupils aged 7 to 11 in an experimental EFL class participated in a study of autonomous learning by computer, using measures of lexical recognition, oral interaction, and motivation. The group working on web-based EFL games outperformed a control group using webquests in French on some measures, with the best results obtained by learners with special motivation for computers and those with low self-efficacy for learning English but strong affiliation for the teacher. The results support further research into the utility of web-based games in the EFL classroom and the relationship between motivation and learning in the primary second language classroom.http://journals.openedition.org/rdlc/2223CALLyoung learnermotivationautonomy |
| spellingShingle | Shona Whyte La motivation pour la langue étrangère à l'école primaire : apprentissage en autonomie à l'ordinateur Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures CALL young learner motivation autonomy |
| title | La motivation pour la langue étrangère à l'école primaire : apprentissage en autonomie à l'ordinateur |
| title_full | La motivation pour la langue étrangère à l'école primaire : apprentissage en autonomie à l'ordinateur |
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| title_short | La motivation pour la langue étrangère à l'école primaire : apprentissage en autonomie à l'ordinateur |
| title_sort | la motivation pour la langue etrangere a l ecole primaire apprentissage en autonomie a l ordinateur |
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