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ERIC Number: EJ1347474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Oct
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-4909
EISSN: EISSN-1365-2729
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Effects of Blended Language Learning on EFL Learners' Language Performance: An Activity Theory Approach
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, v38 n5 p1273-1285 Oct 2022
Background: Despite a great deal of studies on blended language learning, synthesized empirical evidence of its effects on language performance is still lacking. Objectives: To bridge the gap, this study aimed to meta-analyse the effects of blended language learning on EFL learners' language performance. Methods: Drawing on the framework of AT (Activity Theory), this paper reported results based on a meta-analysis of the effects of blended language learning on EFL (English-as-a-foreign-language) learners' language performance with 43 valid effect sizes from 39 experimental and quasi-experimental studies published during 2000-2021. Results and Conclusions: The results showed that the overall effect size was significantly moderate for language performance, suggesting that blended language learning is more effective than traditional methods. The moderating effects of AT-related moderators were analysed. The educational levels, intervention durations, geographic regions and software types were found to be significant moderators, while others did not find a significant moderating effect. Implications: The results also provided some practical insights into the pedagogical implications for teachers, practitioners, and researchers in blended language learning.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www-wiley-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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