AN EVALUATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ENGLISH SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) has proven its high effectiveness in the trend of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in education and training in general and teaching English in particular. The project “Building the software system for supporting the learning, teaching, reviewing and self-assessing English” funded by National Foreign Language Project 2020 and Thai Nguyen University (TNU) was piloted at University of Information and Communication Technology (ICTU) from August 2015 to May 2016. The participants were 400 first-year undergraduates and 15 EFL lecturers at ICTU. Positive feedbacks via survey questionnaires from the lecturers and the students were sent to the project group. Better study results made by the first group of 200 students using the courseware compared with the ones made by the second group of 200 students who did not use the courseware were also the proof of its effectiveness. This bright perspective opened a broader implementation in the next stage of the project.