The Effectiveness of A Computerized Program in Developing the Syntactical and Morphological Skills of the Secondary School Students at the Capital of Sana'a الباحثة : صفاء علي صالح الجويد* إشراف : أ. د / أحمد حسان غالب

Abstract

The present research aims at finding out the effectiveness of teaching a computerized program in developing the syntactical and morphological skills of the secondary school students at the Capital of Sana'a schools. To accomplish this objective, the researcher has developed a list of the syntactical and morphological skills, a computerized program to develop such skills as well as a test. Two methodological approaches have been followed in this research, namely: the quasi-experimental approach as well as the descriptive analytical approach, to measure the effectiveness of the computerized program (the treatment) according to the traditional method used at the target schools. The population is all schools at Al-Sabeen Educational District - the Capital of Sana'a. Khadija Bint Khuwailid School was selected as a representative sample. The computerized program was carried out to the target sample; and then the validity and reliability of the program as well as the test have been checked. Many findings have been found, the most important of which are:

• Building a complete list of syntactical and morphological skills (written, mental and tasting), needed for the first secondary grade students, for which the present research aims to develop among students at the Capital of Sana'a schools.


• The effectiveness of the computerized program in the development of syntactical and morphological skills (written, mental and tasting), among the first secondary grade students at the Capital of Sana'a schools, in general.


• The effectiveness of the computerized program in developing the syntactical skills (written, mental and tasting )among the first secondary grade students at the Capital of Sana'a schools.


• The effectiveness of the computerized program in developing the morphological skills (written, mental and tasting) among firs secondary grade students at the Capital of Sana'a schools.