TEACHING SIMPLE AND COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH COMPUTERS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

This study aims at improving intermediate students’ sentence knowledge (simple and compound sentences) by using computer-based activities. Moreover, this study aims to find out the difference between students’ former sentence knowledge and their latter sentence knowledge after the treatment with computer-based activities. This research was conducted in the second term of 2011 2012 academic year at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, English Preparatory School, Ankara, Turkey. To conduct this study, the researcher used Pre- and Post-Test Technique to observe the effects of computer-based activities. This study consists of two groups: control group and experimental group. The sample of the study included 80 preparatory students as 40 control group students and 40 experimental group students. (n=80; 41 males and 39 females). As a result of the study, there has been a significant difference between control group and experimental group in favor of the latter.