Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools

Malaysian schools are encouraged to acquire computers, and use then to teach English. However, most teachers have not been trained to do this, so computer-assisted instruction may not be taking place. The interview and questionnaire techniques were used to survey the computer hardware and softw...

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Main Author:	Drabble, Gwynneth
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1988
Subjects:	Computed managed instruction Computer - assisted instruction
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8861/1/FPP_1988_5%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.88612024-03-11T02:27:47Z Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools 1988-11 Drabble, Gwynneth Malaysian schools are encouraged to acquire computers, and use then to teach English. However, most teachers have not been trained to do this, so computer-assisted instruction may not be taking place. The interview and questionnaire techniques were used to survey the computer hardware and software available in computer clubs in government secondary school sin the Petaling and Hulu Langat districts of Selangor Daru Ehsan, and investigate how these facilities were used to develop students' English. Frequency counts were made, and the median was used to measure central tendency. Ninety percent of the target schools had computer clubs, with a median of 9.5 computers per club. Most computers were Apple or IBM compatible. Few schools used software specifically written to teach English. However,several programs with language-teaching potential, such as content-free packages,and packages using English on the screen, were used. Computed managed instruction Computer - assisted instruction Education - Data processing. - Selangor 1988-11 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8861/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8861/1/FPP_1988_5%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Computed managed instruction Computer - assisted instruction Education - Data processing. - Selangor Faculty of Educational Studies Abu Bakar, Kamariah English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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advisor	Abu Bakar, Kamariah
topic	Computed managed instruction Computer - assisted instruction Computed managed instruction
spellingShingle	Computed managed instruction Computer - assisted instruction Computed managed instruction Drabble, Gwynneth Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools
description	Malaysian schools are encouraged to acquire computers, and use then to teach English. However, most teachers have not been trained to do this, so computer-assisted instruction may not be taking place. The interview and questionnaire techniques were used to survey the computer hardware and software available in computer clubs in government secondary school sin the Petaling and Hulu Langat districts of Selangor Daru Ehsan, and investigate how these facilities were used to develop students' English. Frequency counts were made, and the median was used to measure central tendency. Ninety percent of the target schools had computer clubs, with a median of 9.5 computers per club. Most computers were Apple or IBM compatible. Few schools used software specifically written to teach English. However,several programs with language-teaching potential, such as content-free packages,and packages using English on the screen, were used.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Drabble, Gwynneth
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title	Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools
title_short	Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools
title_full	Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools
title_fullStr	Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools
title_full_unstemmed	Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools
title_sort	use of computer facilities to develop students' english in petaling and hulu langat secondary schools
granting_institution	Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Educational Studies
publishDate	1988
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Use of computer facilities to develop students' English in Petaling and Hulu Langat secondary schools

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