Using courseware to enhance the teaching of English language in year one / Marcia Kathy Chamberlin

This study describes the effects ofteaching and learning using English courseware in Year One in the Kuching Division. Fifty Year One English teachers and twenty students in Kuching Division participated in this study. The Year One English teachers were assigned to give responses based on their experiences in teaching using the computer-based courseware that has been implemented since the year 2002 in all primary schools throughout the nation. Twenty students from Year One were interviewed during the course of the study to obtain their feedback based on their learning experiences using the courseware in the classroom. Both the teachers’ and students’ responses collected were analyzed to investigate the effects of using courseware in the teaching and learning English in Year One.