خلاصة:
Following the recent developments in educational technology-integrated learning, interest in the true implementation of flipped and blended classrooms as innovative approaches has become increasingly popular among language education authorities. This research aimed at comparing flipped, blended, and traditional teaching (T-learning) contexts on Iranian EFL learners’ grammar learning. To this end, 60 intermediate EFL students out of 80, based on their performance in an Oxford Placement Test (OPT), were selected and divided into three groups, including two comparative and one control group, 20 in each. At the beginning of the study, the three groups participated in a pretest to assess their initial ability of grammar knowledge. To integrate technology into their instruction, both comparative groups received the same treatment and materials based on the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition (SAMR) model. The blended comparative group received instruction in both on-line and T-learning contexts, while the flipped comparative group received instruction in an online context. The control group received instruction in a T-learning context. After the treatment sessions, they participated in a post-test. The findings showed that reading interesting English newspaper articles, both in the blended and flipped classrooms had a statistically significant effect on developing EFL learners' grammar knowledge. The findings of the study may be beneficial for EFL teachers and material developers to reconsider the role of educational technology (Ed Tech) tools to support classroom-based learning.
ملخص الجهاز:
Exploring the Impact of Blended, Flipped, and Traditional Teaching Strategies for Teaching Grammar on Iranian EFL Learners' through English Newspaper Articles Farzaneh Khodabandeh Mohammad Hassan Tahririan **Payame Noor University Sheikhbahaee University Abstract Following the recent developments in educational technology-integrated learning, interest in the true implementation of flipped and blended classrooms as innovative approaches has become increasingly popular among language education authorities.
As pointed out by some researchers, teaching through flipped classrooms is highly beneficial for EFL learners as it plays an important role in students' active participation and cooperation (Abdullah, Hussin, & Ismail, 2019; Ahuja, 2020; Mehring, 2016; Zainuddin & Attaran, 2016).
For example, in their studies, Ekmekci (2017), Lin and Hwang (2018), Ginting (2018), Mohammadi, Barati, and Youhanaee (2019), Qader and Yalcin Arslan (2019), Soltanpour and Valizadeh (2018), Vitanofa and Anwar (2018), Yang and Chen (2020) compared flipped classes to T-learning ones in English writing course.
For example, Alastuey and Galar (2017), AlRowais, (2014), Basal (2015), Chivata and Oviedo (2018), Hung (2017), Jeong (2017), Harun and Hussin, (2017), Mehring (2016), Nouri (2016), Sung (2015), Wang and Liu (2018), Webb, Doman, and Pusey (2014) enquired students’ perceptions toward using this teaching approach and found that flipped classes were more interesting than T-learning ones.
With respect to the previous studies, and to the best of the present researchers’ knowledge, few researchers have compared the effect of blended and flipped-teaching strategies on EFL learners compared with T-learning contexts.
The flipped and blended teaching strategies change classes from teacher-centered {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} instruction to student-centered learning contexts (Jeong, 2015) that require learners’ active participation.