Title: Enhancing Students’ Motivation, Autonomy and Achievement Using Mentimeter
Stream: Foreign Languages Education & Applied Linguistics (including ESL/TESL/TEFL)
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Abdullah Al Abri, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Oman
Fatemeh Ranjbaran, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Oman
Hadi Sobhani, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Oman
Abstract:
With the sudden shift to online learning following the COVID19 pandemic and now back to face-to-face teaching, one of the major challenges for teachers has been to keep students engaged and motivated in order to learn and stay focused in the classroom. To overcome this challenge, language educators across the globe are turning towards a range of digital tools to enhance student motivation and improve learning outcomes. With this in mind, this study was proposed as an attempt to overcome this challenge and increase student engagement and interaction in the classroom in order to enhance motivation and achievement among a group of 257 Omani EFL learners in the foundation program of a public university in Oman. For this means, a group of Level 4 English lecturers evaluated the use of an innovative digital tool, Mentimeter, in their classrooms to achieve this aim. In this mixed-methods study, surveys were used to evaluate the motivation and autonomy of foundation-level students. Students' overall final exam scores were also used to evaluate students' progress and overall achievement in the experimental and control groups. The results indicated that the students perceived a high level of motivation and autonomy in using Mentimeter. Meanwhile, examination outcomes did not reveal a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups mean scores. The findings of this study reveal that integrating Mentimeter has enhanced students’ autonomy and helped to overcome demotivation in the classroom, while not contributing significantly to their overall scores. Further studies need to be conducted to
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