Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level

The advancement of technologies and the recently forced lockdown by Covid-19 are bringing changes to the organisation of the learning process by accelerating the introduction of e-learning to create a learner-centred technology-based approach to English studies, thus stepping towards digital humani...

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Main Authors: Jana Kuzmina, Zigrīda Vinčela
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Language:English
Published: University of Latvia Press 2021-07-01
Series:Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture
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Online Access:https://journal.lu.lv/bjellc/article/view/89
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description The advancement of technologies and the recently forced lockdown by Covid-19 are bringing changes to the organisation of the learning process by accelerating the introduction of e-learning to create a learner-centred technology-based approach to English studies, thus stepping towards digital humanities. These trends initiated the institutional project Mobile and Desktop Software Integration in Bachelor and Master Study Programmes. The present study, using a questionnaire, elicits university students’ attitudes to the mobile applications and speech analysis software-based seminar activities in Moodle e-course in accordance with the blended learning model selected for the studies of theoretical grammar and phonetics. It is a cross-sectional, focused, and exploratory case study, comprising a description of factors, contributing to the problem of blended learning model selection. The yielded data demonstrate that students do not possess extensive prior experience with the use of software and mobile applications to study English grammar and phonetics. After completing seminar tasks, they favourably account for the integrated blended learning materials and consider that those facilitate their learning process.
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spelling doaj-art-ecfc4f8c03a44c44b940250ec2a12d402025-08-20T03:07:32ZengUniversity of Latvia PressBaltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture1691-99712501-03952021-07-011110.22364/BJELLC.11.2021.06Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary LevelJana Kuzmina0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8905-0124Zigrīda Vinčela1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1930-0970University of LatviaUniversity of Latvia The advancement of technologies and the recently forced lockdown by Covid-19 are bringing changes to the organisation of the learning process by accelerating the introduction of e-learning to create a learner-centred technology-based approach to English studies, thus stepping towards digital humanities. These trends initiated the institutional project Mobile and Desktop Software Integration in Bachelor and Master Study Programmes. The present study, using a questionnaire, elicits university students’ attitudes to the mobile applications and speech analysis software-based seminar activities in Moodle e-course in accordance with the blended learning model selected for the studies of theoretical grammar and phonetics. It is a cross-sectional, focused, and exploratory case study, comprising a description of factors, contributing to the problem of blended learning model selection. The yielded data demonstrate that students do not possess extensive prior experience with the use of software and mobile applications to study English grammar and phonetics. After completing seminar tasks, they favourably account for the integrated blended learning materials and consider that those facilitate their learning process. https://journal.lu.lv/bjellc/article/view/89blended learninglearning management system (LMS)theoretical grammar and phoneticsdigital tools
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Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level
Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture
blended learning
learning management system (LMS)
theoretical grammar and phonetics
digital tools
title Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level
title_full Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level
title_fullStr Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level
title_full_unstemmed Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level
title_short Technology-Enhanced Course in English Theoretical Grammar and Phonetics at Tertiary Level
title_sort technology enhanced course in english theoretical grammar and phonetics at tertiary level
topic blended learning
learning management system (LMS)
theoretical grammar and phonetics
digital tools
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