Achievement in Language Learning: Effects of Various Computer Assisted Activıties and Computer Literacy

The purpose of the study is to determine the factors affecting the student gain in achievement in English classes and to determine the factors that are related with the student scores on English classes by using a computer assisted language-learning (CALL) software, called DynEd. More than 600 grade 4 to grade 7 students from 10 secondary schools were invited to take part in a pre-test, a post-test, and a student survey between fall 2009 and spring 2011. Two separate regression analyses were run to probe the research questions. It was found that being a student of grade 6 and grade 7 significantly matters in terms of achievement in English scores as well as possessing MS Word and MS Excel skills. Moreover, the DynEd-related activities had no impact on achievement scores at all. However, students who felt themselves comfortable in Excel performed worse in achievement. Keywords: Achievement in English, computer use, gender, grade level, computer literacy, CALL OZ: Bu calismanin amaci ogrencilerin Ingilizce dersi basarisini etkileyen faktorleri belirlemek ve DynEd isimli bilgisayar destekli dil egitimi yaziliminin ogrencilerin Ingilizce basarisina etkisini belirlemektir. 2009 Bahar ve 2011 Guz suresince 10 ilkogretim okulunda bulunan 4. sinif ve 7. sinif arasindaki yaklasik 600 ogrenciye on-test, son- test ve anket uygulanmistir. Problem durumunu irdeleyebilmek icin iki farkli regresyon analizi yapilmistir. Calisma sonuclarina gore, ogrencinin hangi sinifta oldugunun (6. ve 7. siniflar icin) yani sira MS Word ve MS Excel becerisinin de Ingilizce basarisina anlamli etkisinin oldugu tespit edilmistir. Fakat DynEd yaziliminin basariyi etkiledigine dair bir bulguya rastlanmamistir. Bununla birlikte, MS Excel bilgisi iyi olan ogrencilerin Ingilizce performanslarinin dusuk oldugu gozlenmistir. Anahtar sozcukler: Sozcukler: Ingilizce basarisi, bilgisayar kullanimi, cinsiyet, sinif duzeyi, bilgisayar okuryazarligi, CALL