The effect of otus social educational network on english achievement and attitudes of Iranian high school EFL learners

Abstract

Educational networks become the most popular form of instructional technology during the past decades. The effect of this educational technology on the teaching English methodologies has been significantly increased all over the world. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Otus social educational network on the English achievement of Iranian high school English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. It also attempted to find out students’ attitudes towards the use of Otus application. To this aim, fifty male language learners were selected based on convenience sampling as the participants of the study. While the lessons and assignments were presented through Otus in the experimental group, the students in the control group had a traditional class. Finally, to explore the learners’ attitudes towards the application of Otus, a questionnaire was used. It was found out that the application of Otus had a significant effect on the English achievement of Iranian first-grade high school EFL learners. The findings also indicated that students in the experimental group had positive attitudes towards Otus. This research adds its significant findings of the growth of online language teaching facilities and enhancing the attitudes and achievements of Iranian EFL learners. Results can lead to some pedagogical implications for Iranian English language policy-makers to consider the use of educational networks and online application in the syllabus and teachers’ training courses.

Keywords

• iranian efl learners
• learning management system
• social networks
• otus
• language achievement
• attitude