Increasing students' motivation by using computers

The lack of motivation in the 9th grade students of Tomás Rueda Vargas School was the objective of this project, so we planned a series of workshops in Microsoft Word to apply in the computer lab. We observed that by working in groups of four in the computer lab, the students did the activities with...

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Autores:
Rodríguez, Aura Stella
Niño, Rosa
Rojas, Carmen
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2000
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/25490
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/25490
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/16528/
Palabra clave:
TEFL
Applied Linguistics
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:The lack of motivation in the 9th grade students of Tomás Rueda Vargas School was the objective of this project, so we planned a series of workshops in Microsoft Word to apply in the computer lab. We observed that by working in groups of four in the computer lab, the students did the activities with enthusiasm. It could also be noticed that the workshops were effective in reinforcing English learning.