Computer-Mediated Communication and Language Education: Focus on Written Communication

Abderrahmane Babni*
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Errachidia, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco.
Periodicity:January - March'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.9.1.14781

Abstract

It is apparent that the internet-based and computer-mediated tools can be considered as the most recent step in the development of communication technologies. This paper aims at investigating the type of impact computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools' use has on Moroccan EFL university students' writing skills and performance. Two research instruments were used to collect the needed data, a questionnaire and a writing task. The findings reveal that the use of CMC tools has a positive impact on students' writing skills and performance. Yet, the results obtained from the writing task show that the use of CMC tools has a detrimental impact on students' academic written productions because most students failed to confine to the standards of academic writing in terms of layout, organization, style, level of formality, grammar, content, mechanics and tone.

Keywords

Computer-Mediated Communication, English Language Teaching and Learning, FTF Communication, Writing

How to Cite this Article?

Babni, A. (2019). Computer-Mediated Communication and Language Education: Focus on Written Communication. i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, 9(1), 50-58. https://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.9.1.14781

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