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Evaluating Motivational Aspects of a Web-based English Language Course through the Website Motivational Analysis Checklist (WebMAC)
This work in progress short paper is a report on subjects' evaluations of a web-based language course's motivational aspects through WebMAC, Website Motivational Analysis Checklist, developed by Small and Arnone (1998). The subjects were 26 adult students who participated in a basic online English course for Internet users, focused on informal asynchronous and synchronous writing and communication skills, called Surfing and Learning. This course is designed by teachers and researchers of the EDULANG research group. The instrument measured the level of four motivation factors which provided the results for two dimensions within an Expectancy-Value framework: Value and Expectancy for Success. The evaluation results showed a high level of Value dimension and Expectancy for Success, although factors linked to Expectancy for Success, such as Organization and Ease of Use showed more variation in scores than those linked to Value, such as Meaning. Although WebMAC seems to be sensitive to student motivation, other kinds of data are required to a complete course evaluation. It will continue to be used for the ongoing evaluation of Surfing and Learning and other courses offered by EDULANG.
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