Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study

Recent technology implementation in learning has inspired language educators to employ various e-learning techniques, strategies, and applications in their pedagogical practices while aiming at improving specific learning efficiencies of students. The current study attempts to blend e-learning activ...

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Main Authors: Buragohain. Dipima, Punpeng, Grisana, Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Chaudhary, Sushank
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1697602023-08-05T16:55:27Z Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study Buragohain. Dipima Punpeng, Grisana Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate Chaudhary, Sushank School of Humanities Humanities::Language E-Learning English Language Teaching and Learning Recent technology implementation in learning has inspired language educators to employ various e-learning techniques, strategies, and applications in their pedagogical practices while aiming at improving specific learning efficiencies of students. The current study attempts to blend e-learning activities, including blogging, video making, online exercises, and digital storyboarding, with English language teaching and explores its impact on engineering cohorts at a public university in Malaysia. The longitudinal research study used three digital applications—Voyant Tools, Lumos Text Complexity Analyzer, and Advanced Text Analyzer—to analyze the data collected through a variety of digital assignments and activities from two English language courses during the researched academic semesters. Contributing to the available literature on the significance of integrating technology innovation with language learning, the study found that implementing e-learning activities can provide substantial insights into improving the learners’ different linguistic competencies, including writing competency, reading comprehension, and vocabulary enhancement. Moreover, the implementation of such innovative technology can motivate students to engage in more peer interactivity, learning engagement, and self-directed learning. Published version 2023-08-02T02:56:36Z 2023-08-02T02:56:36Z 2023 Journal Article Buragohain. Dipima, Punpeng, G., Jaratjarungkiat, S. & Chaudhary, S. (2023). Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study. Informatics, 10(1), 31-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/informatics10010031 2227-9709 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169760 10.3390/informatics10010031 2-s2.0-85150991333 1 10 31 en Informatics © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). application/pdf
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English Language Teaching and Learning
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English Language Teaching and Learning
Buragohain. Dipima
Punpeng, Grisana
Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate
Chaudhary, Sushank
Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
description Recent technology implementation in learning has inspired language educators to employ various e-learning techniques, strategies, and applications in their pedagogical practices while aiming at improving specific learning efficiencies of students. The current study attempts to blend e-learning activities, including blogging, video making, online exercises, and digital storyboarding, with English language teaching and explores its impact on engineering cohorts at a public university in Malaysia. The longitudinal research study used three digital applications—Voyant Tools, Lumos Text Complexity Analyzer, and Advanced Text Analyzer—to analyze the data collected through a variety of digital assignments and activities from two English language courses during the researched academic semesters. Contributing to the available literature on the significance of integrating technology innovation with language learning, the study found that implementing e-learning activities can provide substantial insights into improving the learners’ different linguistic competencies, including writing competency, reading comprehension, and vocabulary enhancement. Moreover, the implementation of such innovative technology can motivate students to engage in more peer interactivity, learning engagement, and self-directed learning.
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Buragohain. Dipima
Punpeng, Grisana
Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate
Chaudhary, Sushank
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author Buragohain. Dipima
Punpeng, Grisana
Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate
Chaudhary, Sushank
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title Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
title_short Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
title_full Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
title_fullStr Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
title_full_unstemmed Impact of E-learning activities on English as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of Malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
title_sort impact of e-learning activities on english as a second language proficiency among engineering cohorts of malaysian higher education: a 7-month longitudinal study
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