Thái độ của sinh viên trong việc sử dụng máy tính hỗ trợ cho việc học tiếng Anh

Bài viết này tập trung vào việc đánh giá thái độ của sinh viên về việc sử dụng máy tính trong việc học tiếng Anh, qua đó giúp sinh viên nhận thức được tầm quan trọng của việc học tiếng Anh với sự hỗ trợ của máy tính, đồng thời giúp cho những sinh viên đã nắm vững vai trò của máy tính có thể triển khai ứng dụng này một cách hiệu quả hơn.
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Thái độ của sinh viên trong việc sử dụng máy tính hỗ trợ cho việc học tiếng AnhTư liệu tham khảo Số 65 năm 2014_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ON COMPUTER USE IN ENGLISH LEARNING NGUYEN VU THANH TUYEN*, DO ANH THU* ABSTRACT This article focused on students’ opinions on computer use in English learning (EL).We hope that this survey could wake the awareness of the students who have notrecognized computer importance, step-by-step raising their interest in computerapplication in their EL and at the same time, encouraging the students who have masteredcomputer roles to deploy them more effectively. Keywords: computer, computer use, English learning (EL). TÓM TẮT Thái độ của sinh viên trong việc sử dụng máy tính hỗ trợ cho việc học tiếng Anh Bài viết này tập trung vào việc đánh giá thái độ của sinh viên về việc sử dụng máytính trong việc học tiếng Anh, qua đó giúp sinh viên nhận thức được tầm quan trọng củaviệc học tiếng Anh với sự hỗ trợ của máy tính, đồng thời giúp cho những sinh viên đã nắmvững vai trò của máy tính có thể triển khai ứng dụng này một cách hiệu quả hơn. Từ khóa: máy tính, việc sử dụng máy tính, học tiếng Anh.1. Introduction Since a high-school student, we have been interested in the benefits computersbring to EL, such as saving much time in looking up vocabulary and findinginformation, providing a variety of exercises with immediate feedback, as well asinteresting games to help to improve English and so on. Now, when we are lecturers ofEnglish at FTU, with high awareness of those benefits, we also expect all our studentsto apply ICT (Information and communication technology) to their learning. Thisencouraged us to conduct this survey in the hope of gaining an understanding ofstudents’ views on computer use in EL, which will serve as a foundation for oursolutions to enable the students who have not been aware of computer roles tounderstand their benefits and apply them. Many linguists emphasize the importance of computers in language learning [1,p.145; 2, p.486; 3, p.108; 4, p.145; 5, p.364; 6, p.55]. According to them, computersprovide a useful means of finding information and generate learning motivation.Actually, with “multimedia features, combining sounds, images, text, and their ability* MA, Foreign Trade University – Ho Chi Minh City Campus188Tạp chí KHOA HỌC ĐHSP TPHCM Nguyen Vu Thanh Tuyen et al._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________to allow interaction between the medium and the learner” [7, p.405], computers arelikely to attract learners in EL. In addition, they can give a helpful assistance inautonomous learning, that is, ‘the ability to take charge of one’s own learning’ [7,p.405]. And interestingly, with a computer, “learner can learn individually at her or hisown pace” [6,p.55]. We strongly advocate those advantages as we ourselves recognizedthem during our self-learning using computers. It is thanks to those benefits, computer-assisted EL is becoming more and more popular in Vietnam. That inspired us toconduct this research into our students’ views on computer use in English learning.Therefore, this paper will focus on our students’ opinions on computer use in EL. Nowthat English is the most popular foreign language in Vietnam, we will use, in thispaper, a specific term, that is, English learning, not the general one foreign languagelearning. In the following part of this paper, we will present, in the first step, the theoreticalbackground, what linguists think of computer use in foreign language learning ingeneral. Next, in the second step, we will describe the methodology for the survey. Thefindings of this survey, in which we will present the student groups with differentsalient views will be the third step, followed by our discussion on those results, andlastly, the paper will end with our conclusion from these survey findings.2. Theoretical background Computers help individuals, communities, societies, and nations store oceans ofknowledge and materials. Hence, they are a vital supportive source in people’s lives. Inthis paper, the indispensible roles of computers will be explained in detail related tostudent’s learning. Since computers enable students to collect a variety of sources fortheir studies, including sample problems, lecture notes, glossaries, assignments, testresults, and graphics, they are installed to be seen as the most important tool to improvestudent learning [8]. Enhanced learning that could be achieved when computers play animportant role in delivering content and creating learning opportunities to help studentsmake meaning and develop an understanding of English [8]. What is more, computersalso serve as a tool or a support for communicating with others in English, whichmeans they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of informationtransmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. Students are actively making choicesabout how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information in their Englishlearning. With computer software and the Internet, students are able to get informationfrom around the world in a few minutes. There are so many resources right in front ofus when we are in front of a computer. The illustrations of these are word processingtools, which allow you to write a paper and fix mistakes later rather than rewriting thewhole thing; or Power Point pr ...