The Attitudes of Using Computer-Assisted Writing on Tenth Grade Students' Writing skill

Subaihat, Thekrayat Ali

doi:10.33850/ejev.2020.73464

The Attitudes of Using Computer-Assisted Writing on Tenth Grade Students' Writing skill

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

المؤلف

Thekrayat Ali Subaihat

The Ministry of Education / Jordan

10.33850/ejev.2020.73464

المستخلص

This study aimed to investigate students' attitude toward using CAW in writing and if there is any correlation between their attitude and performance in writing aspects and creative writing activities.21 Item students' questionnaire was distributed to 25 students of tenth grade in Safia bint abd almutalib school who were the experimental group. A pre-post test to measure students' performance in creative writing activities was administered to all students who participated in the study. Its validity and reliability were verified. Results of the study showed that CAW provided a great opportunity in teaching and learning writing in English in comparison to regular instruction. Moreover, the results showed that the experimental groups that were taught using CAW hold highly positive overall attitude regarding using CAW in creative writing and advantages of CAW, writing aspects and writing activities. Finally, the findings revealed that there was correlation between students' attitude, and their performance in writing aspects and creative writing activities.

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