Investigating the Effectiveness of a Project-Based Training Program on Developing EFL students’ Writing Skills and Positive Thinking التحقق من فاعليه برنامج تدريبي قائم على المشروعات في تنميه مهارة الکتابة والتفکير الإيجابي لدى طالبات شعبه اللغة الإنجليزية

Hussien, Hanan Ahmed

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2015.55815

Investigating the Effectiveness of a Project-Based Training Program on Developing EFL students’ Writing Skills and Positive Thinking التحقق من فاعليه برنامج تدريبي قائم على المشروعات في تنميه مهارة الکتابة والتفکير الإيجابي لدى طالبات شعبه اللغة الإنجليزية

نوع المستند : بحوث فی مجال المناهج وطرق التدریس

المؤلف

Hanan Ahmed Hussien

Lecturer at Curricula and Instruction Department Ain Shams University-Girls’ college

10.21608/jsrep.2015.55815

المستخلص

هدفالبحثالحاليإلىتحديدفاعليةبرنامج قائم على المشروعات فيتنميةمهارةالکتابة والتفکير الإيجابي لدى طالبات شعبه لغة انجليزية – تربوي)الفرقة الثانية)وحددتأسسبناء البرنامج التدريبي و تم اختيار المشروعات و بناء البرنامج،کمااعد اختبار الکتابةومقياس التفکير الإيجابي،واختيرتمجموعهالبحثالتجريبيةمن طالبات قسم اللغة الإنجليزية شعبه تربوي بکلية البنات جامعه عين شمس. وطبقتأدواتالبحثعلىالمجموعةالتجريبية قبليا ثمتم تنفيذ المشروعات المختارة طبقالأهداف وخطوات البرنامج التدريبيللمجموعةالتجريبية،ثمطبقتأدواتالبحثعلىالمجموعةالتجريبيةبعديا .قامتالباحثةبمعالجهالبياناتإحصائياوأثبتتنتائجالبحثفاعليةالبرنامج التدريبي المقترح في تنميه مهارة الکتابة والتفکير الإيجابيلدىطالبات المجموعةالتجريبية.
The current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a project-based training program on developing writing and positive thinking skills among English department students at Girls’ college-Ain Shams University. The basics upon which this program was built were determined, the training program was prepared. A writing skill test and positive thinking questionnaire were prepared. The study had one experimental group (second year educational section-English department). The tools of the study were pre administrated to the experimental group. The participants carried out the assigned projects according to the training program. The tools were post applied on the experimental group. The obtained data were analyzed. Results maintained the effectiveness of the project-based training program on developing the writing skills and positive thinking level of the experimental group students.

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