Learning with ICT: development of young learners' writing skills

• Main Author: Mat Daud, Nuraihan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/1/Learning_with_ICT-_Development_of_Young_Learners%E2%80%99_Writing_Skills.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/10917/; http://www.editlib.org/noaccess/34415

Abstract: This paper discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their language proficiency. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for a child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger children preferred sites which were more interactive. The real audience made these sites a suitable medium for developing their communication skills. The study shows that the learners improved in their writing skills with time and the Internet was a suitable tool for developing their communication skills. The analysis also reflects that the relationship between having a computer at home and access to the Internet, and students’ performance in the English language at school was statistically significant.