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Journal of Human Development and Education for Specialized Research

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The Journal of Human Development and Education for Specialized Research is an academic journal issued by the Malaysian Institute of Science and Development. The aim of this journal is to disseminate serious studies based on theoretical and field research, and to promote multidisciplinary studies in human development, management and education for specialized research and become a leading journal in human development and education in the world. The Journal also aims at publishing theoretical and applied researches in the fields of human development and education for specialized research such as human resources management, business administration, communication sciences, development studies, economic sciences, education sciences, history, industrial relations, media sciences, psychology, Public administration, religious studies and others.



TEACHING FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO ALGERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS BY USING WIKISPACE TOOL


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The main of this research is to study the impact of “Wikispace” as a teaching tool on academic achievement of French as a second language in a population of high school students in Algerian schools.  On this basis, an experimental design was adopted in which 63 high school students were randomly sampled and allocated to two groups: experimental (30 students) and control (33 students). In order to measure the effect of web2 “Wikispace” as a teaching tool on the achievement of French as a foreign language, a pre-and-post tests were conceived and designed in order to test the degree of achievement before and after introducing the independent variable. The statistical analysis of the pre-and-post testing results was performed by means of t-student. The results showed significant differences between the two groups, and that the experimental group benefited significantly better than the controls from the teaching tool of French as a foreign language.  The study concluded that teaching by using web 2 ”wikispace” tool has a substantial impact on learners’ achievement of French language, and the students are satisfied to learn by this new method.

Keywords: E-learning; web2 ; wikispace ; foreign language; scholar achievement.