LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13 : 7 July 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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Computer Assisted Language Learning:
An Instrument of Change for Boosting Motivation Level among the Students
of Graduation in Pakistan

Dr. Asim Mahmood, Salman ul Waheed, M.Phil.
Muhammad Asif Ikram Anjum, M.Phil. and Rashda Majeed, M.Phil.

Abstract

The study defines the role of CALL in boosting motivation level of the learners of Graduation class in Pakistan. This study was an attempt to measure the effect of Computer Based Materials (CBMs) on learning capacity and motivation level of the students.

It was a mixed research where the research questions were: (01) Does the use of CALL tools enhance the motivation level of the learners towards English language learning? (02) Whether the use of CALL tools help in decreasing the fear of English language prevalent among the students?

Two groups of students, one dozen each, were selected after a pre-test. CALL Materials were developed. One group was taught with CALL tools while the other was taught using whiteboard lecturing method. After experimental teaching session of one month data was collected in two ways. The attendance sheets of the students and secondly the questionnaire answers. The data was statistically analyzed and the results favored CALL. It was concluded that CALL tools enhance marks gaining capacity of the learners in reading and writing test. They also boost the motivation level of the students.

Introduction

Second Language Learners of English in Pakistan show reluctance towards the learning of English. It is proved by the overall passing ratios of the results of Graduation exams throughout the country. The latest result announced by The University of Punjab of B.A./B.Sc. on August 17, 2010 settled the passing ratio at merely 28.75 percent. BZU Multan on July 31, 2010 announced the result of B.A./B.Sc. examination recording overall pass percentage of 43.04. Many recent developments in second language acquisition research and theory suggest that computer assisted language learning (CALL), and more specifically, CMC, may be ideal for classroom language instruction, in that it enables language teachers to move such to what is usually quite difficult to stimulate in the average language classroom a naturalistic environment for language use (Belcher, 1999, p.254). This study targets the achievement of the same naturalistic environment through the use of CALL materials in order to stimulate the motivation of the students towards English language learning.

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Dr. Asim Mahmood
Department of English Linguistics
Govt. College University
Faisalabad
Pakistan
masimrai@gmail.com

Salman ul Waheed, M.Phil
Govt. Post Graduate College
Kot Addu
Pakistan
slmn@hotmail.co.uk

Asif Ikram, M.Phil.
Minhaj University Lahore
Pakistan
asif4605@gmail.com

Rashda Majeed, M.Phil.
Govt. College University
Faisalabad
Pakistan
rashdamajeed@yahoo.com
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