Military Students’ Attitudes towards Using Cooperative Learning through Technology for Developing Writing Skills
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https://doi.org/10.52340/idw.2025.86Keywords:
Military writing, writing course, information and communication technology, military education, writing performanceAbstract
Writing is an essential skill for military students for their future career development, as they have to take a high-stakes STANAG test to be promoted. Most military students struggle with grammar, organisation, and word choice. Thus, the purpose of the study was to investigate military students’ attitudes towards using cooperative learning through technology for developing writing skills to examine their readiness for the implementation of the above-mentioned instructional strategy to help them improve their writing performance. The study used a quantitative method. The data was gathered from the students’ questionnaire and was analysed descriptively. Participants of the study were 30 pre-intermediate, intermediate, and upper-intermediate military adult learners from the Language Training School of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. SPSS 27 was used to analyse the data. The results of the study showed that the majority of Military students had positive attitudes towards using cooperative learning through technology.
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