The Effect of Using Online Video Games on Ninth Grade EFL Students’ Oral Skills and their perspectives towards it
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Effect, Online Video Games, 9th Grade Students, Oral Skills, Perspectives.Abstract
The study aimed to examine the effect of using online video games on ninth grade students’ oral skills and their perspectives toward it. The participants consisted of 40 students from Kufura’an Secondary School for Girls in the Irbid Directorate of Education. To meet the study's objectives, a pre-/post-test was administered for both the experimental and control groups. Additionally, a questionnaire was administered to the experimental group only. The students were randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group (20 students) and the control group (20 students). The experimental group was taught listening and speaking skills using online video games, while the control group learned these skills through regular instruction. The results showed statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in both listening and speaking skills, with the experimental group outperformed the control group. Furthermore, the experimental group exhibited positive perspectives towards the use of online video games in learning English oral skills. As a result, it was recommended to use online video games as a method of teaching oral skills (listening and speaking).
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