Using Edmodo in teaching English to develop secondary stage students' writing performance skills

ABSTRACT
This study aimed at investigating the effect of Edmodo on developing secondary stage students' writing performance skills. Thirty students from Elwan secondary school, Assiut Educational directorate were chosen as the study participants. The study adopted one- group quasi-experimental design. A pre-post writing performance skills test was designed to assess the students' level in the specified skills before and after the treatment. Data collection process included both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Results were analyzed and findings revealed there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of research groups in the pre-post administration of the writing performance skills test favouring post testing. The results revealed that Edmodo was effective in developing first year secondary stage students' writing performance skills. Using Edmodo, both students and teachers can have a safe online environment to conduct more effective and sustainable teaching and learning process. Future research should be done on ways of improving writing performance so this learning environment can be adopted and replicated globally. Research should also focus on content and curriculum development. Future research should also be conducted to investigate whether the potential negative effects of Edomodo learning are valid.