The Effects of Integrating Listening and Speaking Skills Into Moodle-Based Activities

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10.2991/assehr.k.210226.021How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Moodle-based, E-learning, Listening, Speaking, Integrated skills

Abstract

Many researchers have conducted studies on teaching listening skills to examine the possible influences of different instruments, such as video programs, audiobooks, multimedia, authentic materials-based activities. However, there is little literature mentioning the impacts of the integrated skills approach through an e-learning tool on specific language skills. As a result, this paper aimed to investigate whether there are any different effects between listening and speaking instructions in integration and listening instructions only on listening comprehension with Moodle platform’s implementation. Sixty-eight non-English primary first-year students at Van Lang University were picked up and divided into two groups: an experimental group (EG) and a control group (CG). Using the task-based approach, the researchers focused the integrated skills on the EG’s learning process while no speaking training was given to the CG. Data collected from a pre-posttest design were analyzed to determine whether there are differences between the two groups in terms of listening comprehension, while a semi-structured interview was performed for both groups to explore students’ attitudes towards Moodle-based activities. The study’s results revealed that both groups’ students significantly improved their listening comprehension. There was no considerable difference in terms of listening skills between the students in the EG and CG. Besides, the data obtained from the interview indicated that all participants had positive attitudes towards Moodle-based activities. The study results also recommended that a Moodle platform’s employment combined with teachers’ devotion should undoubtedly lead to practical effectiveness in teaching and learning listening.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vy Nguyen Ngoc Hoang
AU  - Thanh Huynh Ngoc
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/01
TI  - The Effects of Integrating Listening and Speaking Skills Into Moodle-Based Activities
BT  - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (AsiaCALL 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 166
EP  - 174
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210226.021
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210226.021
ID  - Hoang2021
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