Virtual Feedback: Exploring and Analyzing Students’ Acceptance as a Tool for Developing English Language Skills

Authors

  • Wunwisa Punkhoom English Department,Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Thepsatri Rajabhat University https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2980-2424
  • Dr. Hambalee Jehma Prince of Songkla University International College Hatyai Campus, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai Campus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-5029

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i12.34939

Keywords:

ClassStart, English language skills, virtual platforms, Zoom, giving feedback

Abstract


This study aimed to explore the students’ acceptance serving as a reflective valuable data concerning what the students perceived if applying the pedagogy of giving virtual or online feedback by the teacher through the platforms of Zoom and ClassStart was beneficial in developing their English language skills. The perceptions of use of the platforms were also investigated. The participants of this study were 134 students purposely selected from 250 students, studying at a local university in Thailand, majoring in English Education. They have taken an Effective Presentation course which was compulsory for the students majoring in English Education.  They have been through the research designed context to be investigated their perception on giving feedback to enhance their English-speaking skills for 30 hours, 3 hours per week for a semester. The tools implemented for collecting the data were the distribution of questionnaires online with the open-ended questions. The collected data were then analyzed through SPSS and ANOVA. The findings showed that applying the pedagogy of giving virtual or online feedback by the teacher through the platforms of Zoom and ClassStart was advised not only can be applied in teaching and learning language, yet other courses as a mean of an assisted tool educators can implement in their classes properly.

 

Author Biography

Dr. Hambalee Jehma, Prince of Songkla University International College Hatyai Campus, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai Campus

Dr.Hambalee Jehma has graduated with a B.A. in the Department of English Language and Literature from Thammasat University, Thailand. Upon graduation from Thammasat University, he has pursued his master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Thammasat University, Thailand. He held his PhD in High-er Education (English curriculum in higher education) at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He is now working as an English lecturer at Prince of Songkla University International College Hatyai Campus, Songkhla, Thailand. His interests are technolo-gy in education, second language acquisition (SLA), computer assisted in language learning (CALL), autonomous learning, technology in teaching English, mobile as-sisted in language learning (MALL), virtual learning (VL), and Second Life (SL) for language teaching and learning.

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Published

2023-06-21

How to Cite

Punkhoom, W., & Jehma, H. (2023). Virtual Feedback: Exploring and Analyzing Students’ Acceptance as a Tool for Developing English Language Skills. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 18(12), pp. 32–42. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i12.34939

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Vol. 18 No. 12 (2023)

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