The perceived outbreak of COVID‐19 has forced the closure of schools in Iran. Alternatively, e-learning has emerged as a viable replacement for training students. The present study examined the comparative effects of applying Shaad as online learning versus face-to-face teaching on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ vocabulary learning. To achieve this aim, sixty ninth-grade high school students were randomly selected. The members of the study were assigned to the Shaad and control groups. The instruments were a Cambridge Placement Test (CPT) and a researcher-made test administered as a pre-and post-test. First, the CPT was used, then a pre-test was administered to members of both groups. EFL learners’ vocabulary learning was analyzed at the end of the research; thus, the students in both groups performed the vocabulary post-test. Descriptive statistics and independent samples t-tests were run to determine the effect of Shaad on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning. The results revealed that teaching vocabulary through Shaad as online learning did not have a statistically significant effect on EFL students’ vocabulary learning. The results also showed a significant difference between the vocabulary learning of EFL students exposed to face-to-face teaching and those exposed to Shaad; thus, face-to-face learning is more effective. One of the study implications is that policymakers might provide infrastructure for virtual education to contribute to the improvement of EFL learning along with face-to-face education after the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, material designers can remove the deficiencies of the Shaad platform to develop the student’s vocabulary learning as an instructional aids tool.
Sazegar, Z., & Sarsarabi, S. S. (2022). Learning Vocabulary Electronically During COVID‐19 Pandemic: Does Shaad Platform Have Any Impacts on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning?. Journal of Research in Techno-based Language Education, 2(4), 10-28. doi: 10.22034/jrtle.2022.354478.1032
MLA
Zeinab Sazegar; Sharareh Sadat Sarsarabi. "Learning Vocabulary Electronically During COVID‐19 Pandemic: Does Shaad Platform Have Any Impacts on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning?". Journal of Research in Techno-based Language Education, 2, 4, 2022, 10-28. doi: 10.22034/jrtle.2022.354478.1032
HARVARD
Sazegar, Z., Sarsarabi, S. S. (2022). 'Learning Vocabulary Electronically During COVID‐19 Pandemic: Does Shaad Platform Have Any Impacts on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning?', Journal of Research in Techno-based Language Education, 2(4), pp. 10-28. doi: 10.22034/jrtle.2022.354478.1032
VANCOUVER
Sazegar, Z., Sarsarabi, S. S. Learning Vocabulary Electronically During COVID‐19 Pandemic: Does Shaad Platform Have Any Impacts on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning?. Journal of Research in Techno-based Language Education, 2022; 2(4): 10-28. doi: 10.22034/jrtle.2022.354478.1032
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