The current research attempted to investigate the effect of using a suggested web-based learning program on developing EFL listening skills of the first-year secondary students. To achieve this purpose, the researchers constructed and validated a web-based learning program, a listening skills test. Using the quasi-experimental method, a randomly chosen sample of fifteen first-year secondary students at El-Botakh Secondary School was pre-tested using the listening skills test. Then they were engaged in the program. By the end of the program, they were post-tested using the same instrument utilized earlier. The results revealed that the web-based learning program was effective in developing their listening skills. These findings may serve as suggestions for English teachers who intend to benefit from web-based learning.
Quelques critères d'utilisation d'un système d'évaluation automatique de synthèses de cours à distance Résumé Dans le cadre du projet européen Language Technologies for Lifelong Learning, nous avons développé Pensum, un système informatique d'aide à la rédaction de synthèse de textes pour les apprentissages à distance. L'étude de validation de ce logiciel auprès d'étudiants du CNED nous a permis d'examiner les modalités d'appropriation du système dans une utilisation à distance. L'étude était composée d'une période de test associée à un questionnaire et une série d'entretiens. Les différents indicateurs utilisés (ex : efficience perçue, charge cognitive) nous permettent de faire des propositions plus générales quant à l'usage et au non-usage des TIC.
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