The Effect of Connectivism Instructional Method on English language learning of Students in Comparsion with Communicative and Grammar-Translation Methods

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of connectivism instructional method on student’s English language learning in comparison with grammar-translation and communicative language teaching methods.

The current study was a 3 (instructional methods) *2 (genders) factorial design with pre-post-test. Statistical population included all the high school students in grade 3 from Ramhormoz city in Iran, who were studying in 2016-2017. Participants included students in six classes that were selected by available sampling method. Each of the classes was assigned to one of the three groups using the random division. The measuring instrument included an English language teacher - made test that was consisted of four main skills including reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Findings: Data was analyzed by descriptive statistic and MANCOVA through SPSS-23. The findings showed the connectivism instructional method was significantly more effective than other methods (p

Based on the results of this research, it is concluded that the application of connectivism instructional method were effective in improving the English language learning of the students. Accordingly, this research suggests the application of connectivism instructional method in order to increase English language learning as a foreign language for the students.