Foreign language learning attrition in a blended learning environment
Foreign language learning attrition in a blended learning environment

Author(s): Sylwia Stachurska-Ćwiek
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Media studies, Language acquisition, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: blended learning; second-language learning attrition; educational technology; multimedia
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a quasi-experiment based on experience of implementing a blended learning approach to the EFL course. The main purpose of this research is to examine computer mediated instruction in the form of two various educational platforms and their influence on the loss of communicative competence components of English as a foreign language learners. Two e-learning platforms supporting a traditional foreign language course are analysed in detail. As a result of the study, a synergy between the type of e-learning platform and forgetting of communicative competence components was noticed. The students who used blended learning in EFL learning had a higher level of communicative competence and they forgot less grammar than those who did not use this form of learning. The use of blended learning method turned out to be an interesting way to individualize the process of EFL learning.

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