The effect of using electronic dialogue journals on English writing performance of Jordanian students

الملخص EN

The study aimed at investigating the effect of using electronic dialogue journals on English writing performance of Jordanian students.

(120) male and female first secondary school students in the literary, scientific, and information technology (IT) streams participated in this study.

The experimental groups interacted with their English language instructor electronically by using E-mails, while the control groups used paper and pencil in writing about a number of writing topics throughout the experiment.

The results showed that the experimental groups who used the electronic dialogue journals performed better than the control groups in all streams of study.

However, the results revealed that there weren't significant differences attributed to the method of teaching and stream of study.

Yet, there was such a difference due to gender in favor of males.

The study recommends an expansion in employing the new technology in all fields of study in general and in teaching.