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‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak

This interdisciplinary study integrates ICT in education through the creation of a virtual buddy (VirSBud) system as a tool to enhance English language speaking skills among less proficient students. Drawing on the sociocultural perspective of learning, the 'VirSBud' has been developed a...

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Main Authors: Radzuwan, Ab Rashid, Mohd Fazry, A. Rahman, Saiful Bahri, Mohamed
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
L Education (General)
LB1501 Primary Education
P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1126/1/FH03-FBK-16-06215.pdf
http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1126/
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spelling my-unisza-ir.11262020-11-09T07:48:30Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1126/ ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak Radzuwan, Ab Rashid Mohd Fazry, A. Rahman Saiful Bahri, Mohamed L Education (General) LB1501 Primary Education P Philology. Linguistics This interdisciplinary study integrates ICT in education through the creation of a virtual buddy (VirSBud) system as a tool to enhance English language speaking skills among less proficient students. Drawing on the sociocultural perspective of learning, the 'VirSBud' has been developed and tested with a group of participants which consists of five primary school students and an English language teacher. The teacher was briefed of her role as a facilitator before the students were exposed to VirSBud for eight weeks. Adopting one group pre-test and post-test experimental design as its methodology, the teacher was asked to evaluate the students' level of confidence to speak prior to and after their engagement with the VirSBud. The teacher was also interviewed to obtain her feedback on VirSbud whilst the students were asked to complete the Personal Report of Confidence (PRC). The analysis reveals that all the students developed higher confidence level after their engagement with VirBud and the teacher perceived it positively which suggests its potential to be used as a tool in developing speaking skills among less proficient students. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1126/1/FH03-FBK-16-06215.pdf Radzuwan, Ab Rashid and Mohd Fazry, A. Rahman and Saiful Bahri, Mohamed (2016) ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak. In: National Innovation and Invention Competition Through Exhibition (iCompEx’16), 22-25 Mac 2016, Kedah..
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topic L Education (General)
LB1501 Primary Education
P Philology. Linguistics
spellingShingle L Education (General)
LB1501 Primary Education
P Philology. Linguistics
Radzuwan, Ab Rashid
Mohd Fazry, A. Rahman
Saiful Bahri, Mohamed
‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
description This interdisciplinary study integrates ICT in education through the creation of a virtual buddy (VirSBud) system as a tool to enhance English language speaking skills among less proficient students. Drawing on the sociocultural perspective of learning, the 'VirSBud' has been developed and tested with a group of participants which consists of five primary school students and an English language teacher. The teacher was briefed of her role as a facilitator before the students were exposed to VirSBud for eight weeks. Adopting one group pre-test and post-test experimental design as its methodology, the teacher was asked to evaluate the students' level of confidence to speak prior to and after their engagement with the VirSBud. The teacher was also interviewed to obtain her feedback on VirSbud whilst the students were asked to complete the Personal Report of Confidence (PRC). The analysis reveals that all the students developed higher confidence level after their engagement with VirBud and the teacher perceived it positively which suggests its potential to be used as a tool in developing speaking skills among less proficient students.
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author Radzuwan, Ab Rashid
Mohd Fazry, A. Rahman
Saiful Bahri, Mohamed
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Mohd Fazry, A. Rahman
Saiful Bahri, Mohamed
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title ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
title_short ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
title_full ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
title_fullStr ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
title_full_unstemmed ‘VirSbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
title_sort ‘virsbud’ as a tool for enhancing students'confidence to speak
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