Integrating ict tools to improve esp students' academic writing proficiency

الملخص EN

The main focus of this investigation is to explore the effect of integrating different information and communication technologies on ESP students' academic writing.

This experimental study was conducted with a control and an experimental group of students from the Department of Biology, M'sila University.

The students in the experimental group were asked to use only ICTs (CALL and CMC) during their academic writing course.

On the other hand, students in the control group were asked to accomplish all the writing stages on paper only, i.

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, as conventionally done.

This study used also a focused group interview to triangulate the data gathered and to understand students' percep8tions towards the use of ICTs.

The analysis of data showed that the experimental group using ICTs significantly outperformed the control group.

The research demonstrated also a welcoming sign of interest among the students and, the students were quite motivated to using ICTs which helped them to improve their academic writing skills.