The Influence of Using Interactive Whiteboard on Writings of EFL Students Regarding Adverbs

Since the beginning of teaching English as a foreign language, teaching writing was one of the fields which have been neglected. Mainly traditional approaches are used to teach writing to students in EFL classes. Assessment of their writing showed students had different problems in their writing. One of these crucial problems is the use of adverbs in their writings. The current study wants to determine the influence of using Interactive Whiteboards in teaching writing to EFL students and how it affects on the use of adverbs in their writing. In the other words, the study is a comparison of traditional approaches regarding teaching adverbs and using them in writing versus using CALL devices in teaching adverbs and their use in writing. 80 EFL male students in Iranian Secondary schools comprised the study group which ranged from 12 to 16 years old. They were divided in two groups. A two-phase mixed-method research design was utilized to collect data. First, a traditional approach was applied to study group for teaching adverbs. Then, an Interactive Whiteboard was used for teaching adverbs. Then, the writings of students in both phases were examined in order to understand how much they used adverbs in their writing correctly. The findings of the study indicated students used the adverbs more accurately in their writing when Interactive Whiteboard was used to teach.