AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DYNED: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENGLISH, LANGUAGE LEARNING ANXIETY, AND LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT

Authors : Bedirhan Ahmet KÜÇÜK, Sezen ARSLAN

Pages : 377-404

Doi:10.21764/maeuefd.1019577

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Publication Date : 2022-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to find out the effectiveness of DynED on the secondary school English as a foreign language insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EFL); students’ attitude towards English, their language anxiety, and language achievement. In doing this, scales and achievement test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=119); were administered to secondary school EFL learners through employing an experimental/control group design. While the experimental group used DynED actively, the control group received regular in-class English instruction. The statistical analyses showed that there was no significant difference in students\` attitudes, language anxiety, and language achievement between the control and experimental groups. Also, it was found out that the students\` anxiety, attitude, and achievement did not vary significantly in relation to their gender and grade level. Therefore, synthesizing the literature on extramural English and third-space, this study has also offered practical suggestions for curriculum developers and teachers to promote DynED use for language learning/teaching.
Keywords : dyned, english language teaching, efl teachers, efl learners

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