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- Title
Integration of Web 2.0 Tools in a VLE to Improve the EFL Spanish University Entrance Examination Results: A Quasi-experimental Study.
- Authors
MONJE, ELENA MARTÍN
- Abstract
This article shows the results of a research project designed to improve the results in the English as a Foreign Language section of the Spanish University Admission Examination, or PAU, Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad (henceforth EFL-PAU). Using a quasi-experimental methodology (Seliger & Sohamy, 1990), relevant data was collected from two groups (control and experimental group) during a whole academic year just before their EFL-PAU. The hypothesis that students who used Web 2.0 based materials (forums, collaborative glossaries, social repositories with annotated past papers, podcasts, social bookmarking, a wiki and a blog) instead of traditional EFL resources would achieve better results was quantitatively confirmed. Furthermore, it was qualitatively proven that Web 2.0 tools in EFL increase motivation in students, a crucial aspect for the achievement of good scores in the English section of the EFL-PAU. All these Web 2.0 tools were located in a Moodle course, one of the most widely used virtual learning environments.
- Subjects
SPAIN; WEB 2.0; ENGLISH as a foreign language; UNIVERSITY &; college entrance requirements; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; PODCASTING
- Publication
CALICO Journal, 2014, Vol 31, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0742-7778
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11139/cj.31.1.40-56