Mahdi Mahmodi; Nazila Khatib Zanjani; Marjan Masoumi Fard
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This study was conducted to investigate the effect of conversational style education through multimedia on increasing communication skills of female students. The research method was quasi-experimental and the statistical population included female students in sixth grade of District 2 of school system ...
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This study was conducted to investigate the effect of conversational style education through multimedia on increasing communication skills of female students. The research method was quasi-experimental and the statistical population included female students in sixth grade of District 2 of school system in Tehran(Iran), of whom 60 were selected by cluster sampling and placed in two groups of control and experiment. Data collection tools included Attar's standard communication skills questionnaire (2007) whose face validity was confirmed by eleven teachers using Delphi technique and its reliability through Cronbach's alpha coefficient for subscales, emotion management, others perception and assertiveness. It was equal to 0.92, 0.89 and 0.88, respectively. Research data were analyzed using SPSS.22 software. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the control and experimental groups regarding students' communication skills at the level of 95%. Students' communication skills in conversational style through multimedia were better than students trained in the traditional way. The results of this study indicate the positive role of interactive teaching through multimedia in increasing the communication skills of primary school students, and this emphasizes that schools and educational institutions need more multimedia tools to deepen Learn and enhance learners' communication skills.
Suzan Arezi; Bahman SaeidiPour; Mohammad Reza Sarmadi; Bahman Zandi
Volume 1, Issue 3 , January 2019, , Pages 49-58
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Learning of students. This study, in terms of purpose, applied, and in the manner and method of implementation, is an integral part of empirical studies. In this research, a four-group Solomon design with pre-test and post-test, and control group were used. The statistical population consisted of all ...
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Learning of students. This study, in terms of purpose, applied, and in the manner and method of implementation, is an integral part of empirical studies. In this research, a four-group Solomon design with pre-test and post-test, and control group were used. The statistical population consisted of all undergraduate students at Kermanshah Payam Noor University, who had specialized language lessons during the semester. Among them, 60 people were selected as the statistical sample using available sampling. To test the students' learning, a researcher-made test was used. The validity of the test using the Kooder Richardson method was 82. announced. SPSS software was used to perform statistical calculations, and multivariate analysis of variance analysis was used to investigate the hypotheses of the research. The results of the data analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in the visual, written, audio, and oral components, but the effect of the pre-test, as well as the interaction of pretest and group is not meaningful. The results also showed that the participation of learners in training exercises, while paved the way for activating knowledge of learners' resources, helps them to associate past and future. These findings ultimately confirm the impact of multimedia education on the level of learning the student's English language vocabulary, and can be used in conjunction with other intervening methods.
Hassan Soleimani; Shoora Mirsayafi
Volume 1, Issue 3 , January 2019, , Pages 59-71
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The study tried to examine the possible effect of multimedia materials on augmenting listening skills of girls in Meheaval higher secondary school, Karaj city. The next purpose was to detect whether there is a meaningful relationship between students’ attitudes towards using multimedia materials ...
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The study tried to examine the possible effect of multimedia materials on augmenting listening skills of girls in Meheaval higher secondary school, Karaj city. The next purpose was to detect whether there is a meaningful relationship between students’ attitudes towards using multimedia materials and teaching listening skills. The participants of this study were 60 second-year high school (EFL famale students) in the second semester of 2016 academic year. The homogeneity of the participants was ensured through application of the Oxford Placement Test (OPT, 2001). The materials was comprised of students’ textbook and Listening Assisted Multimedia. Three types of instruments which were utilized namely, listening comprehension pre-test, post-test, and a listening assisted multimedia questionnaire. Independent samples t-tests and regression coefficients were applied to determine whether there were significant inter and intra-group differences. The results showed evidence that multimedia materials significantly enhanced EFL learners’ listening achievement. It was also found that the attitude to the use of multimedia had a statistically significant impact on explaining the changes in learners’ listening skill. Based upon the findings of the study, it is recommended that the English instruction should be integrated to the English instruction listening course. Key words: Multimedia, Listening, Listening Assisted Multimedia Questionnaire
