Technology: A Better Teacher in Writing Skill

Abstract

Although CALL (computer assisted language learning) has long and distinguished history, it is still in its infancy on some aspects. Since writing is one of the inevitable parts of both academic and daily life, the researchers designed the present study to investigate the effect of technology namely English correcting websites in influencing the accuracy of the writing performance of 60 EFL intermediate students. To come up with an answer to the research questions, participants whose scores were one standard deviation above and below the mean in PET writing part 2 were selected. Then, they were assigned into experimental and control groups. The treatment which was motivating students to consult the English correcting websites as they were writing their writing assignments was given in the experimental group and in the control group; participants received the traditional teacher given feedback. The results showed statistically significant differences in students' performance suggesting experimental group outperformed the control group.The results have interesting implication for methodology, testing, and materials development.