Jordanian EFL eleventh- grade female students' attitudes towards using online discussion forums in their writing

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This study aimed at examining Jordanian eleventh- grade female students' attitudes towards using online discussion forums in their writing performance.

To achieve the aims of the study, a quasi-experimental research design was used in which the participants of the study consisted of 52 eleventh - grade female students who were randomly assigned as one control group (n= 27) and one experimental group (n = 25) who enrolled at Howwarah secondary school for girls in the first semester of the academic year 2017/2018.

To collect data, the researchers adapted an attitudinal questionnaire from Ghorbanpour (2013:224-229) that was distributed to the students at the end of the treatment.

The findings of the study indicated that students had positive attitudes towards using online discussion forums on improving their writing performance.

In light of the results of the study, the study recommends to integrate using online discussion forums into the EFL curriculum in Jordan in teaching language skills in general and teaching writing skill in particular to improve students' writing performance