Using E-Task-Based Learning for Developing Secondary School Students' EFL Vocabulary Skills


Eman Samir Mohammed Ramadan

The present study aimed at developing some EFL vocabulary skills among secondary school students using Electronic Task-Based Learning (ETBL). The participants of the study consisted of first year secondary school students enrolled in Subk El-Dahhak Secondary School, in Menoufia Governorate (N=25). This study adopted one study group pre-posttest design. Five main tools were used: An EFL Vocabulary Skills checklist required for first year secondary school students, an EFL Pre- test to measure some of the students’ vocabulary skills, an EFL Post-test to measure some of the students’ vocabulary skills, an EFL vocabulary skills rubric to score students' performance on the EFL vocabulary skills tests and a Teacher's Guide. A quantitative data analysis was conducted. The mean scores of the pre-posttests of the participants of the study were compared by using t-test. ETBL was applied to the participants during the first semester of the academic year 2019/2020. Results of the quantitative analysis showed that the participants' some EFL vocabulary skills were developed significantly as a result of ETBL. Therefore, it can be concluded that ETBL was effective in developing some EFL vocabulary skills among first year secondary school students.

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