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The Effect of Blackboard Collaborate-Based Instruction on Pre-service Teachers' Achievement in the EFL Teaching Methods Course at Faculties of Education for Girls

“…In this way, Blackboard-based instruction created a scaffolding learning environment which encouraged the participants to interact with their teacher and colleagues while receiving constructive feedback on their performance. This commensurate with prior research findings about the positive effects Blackboard-based instruction on EFL/ESL learners' attitudes and achievement as it addresses their learning styles and multiple intelligences (Richards and Rogers, 2001;Larsen-Freeman, 2002;Christison, 2005;Mekheimer, 2012;Fageeh & Mekheimer, 2013).…”

“…Focusing on the types of instruction, namely, Blackboard-based instruction and traditional instruction, the current study claims that the comparative effectiveness of the two types of instruction is of great research value for the following reasons: (1) theoretically, studies in this area can inform issues such as the roles Blackboard-based instruction in TEFL and the role of modern technology in the teaching methods courses ; (2) pedagogically, research findings in this area may (a) provide EFL teachers and educators with useful insights into how to adopt Blackboard-based instruction and (b) fill in a research gap concerning the effectiveness of Blackboard-based instruction in enhancing students' achievement in the EFL teaching methods courses since no study has investigated the relative effectiveness blackboard-based instruction (Mekheimer, 2012). …”

Effects of Using the Online Dictionary for Etymological Analysis on Vocabulary Development in EFL College Students

“…In this vein, too, e-dictionaries were also found to exercise an enhancing effect on reading comprehension of intermediate readers to a level tantamount to that of advanced readers (Wang, 2011). As for attitudes towards using which media, paper format or the e-format of dictionaries, research has borne out findings that support the hypothesis that edictionaries are the most favourite media of today's adult students (Noor, 2011;Mekheimer, 2012).…”

“…Studies have demonstrated that the majority of L2learners use such bilingual dictionaries regardless of their proficiency level ( Dictionaries are now readily available both as paper or electronic (e-dictionaries). E-dictionaries maybe either online (e.g., the website Dictionary.reference.com), which can also be available apps for portable devices, and smart mobile phones, and can be efficiently used to facilitate reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for adult learners of a second/foreign language (Ji, 2009;Mekheimer, 2012;Shi, 2008;Welker, 2010;Zhang, 2000). The use of edictionaries in foreign language learning settings has been reported to facilitate reading comprehension and vocabulary enhancement (Knight, 1994;Koga, 1995;Mekheimer, 2012), often better than paper dictionaries (Koga, 1995;Laufer, 2001;Mekheimer, 2012).…”

“…E-dictionaries maybe either online (e.g., the website Dictionary.reference.com), which can also be available apps for portable devices, and smart mobile phones, and can be efficiently used to facilitate reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for adult learners of a second/foreign language (Ji, 2009;Mekheimer, 2012;Shi, 2008;Welker, 2010;Zhang, 2000). The use of edictionaries in foreign language learning settings has been reported to facilitate reading comprehension and vocabulary enhancement (Knight, 1994;Koga, 1995;Mekheimer, 2012), often better than paper dictionaries (Koga, 1995;Laufer, 2001;Mekheimer, 2012). Chen (2011) investigated the effects of paper-based bilingual dictionaries versus online edictionaries and concluded that the use of the latter exponentially improved learning and retention of unknown words encountered during a reading, with e-dictionaries providing a comparatively stronger learning effect than paper dictionaries.…”