Research Article
The Impact of CALL on Vocabulary Learning, Speaking Skill, and
ForeignLanguageSpeakingAnxiety:TheCaseStudyofIndonesian
EFL Learners
Waode Hanafiah ,
1
Muhammad Aswad ,
2
Harlinah Sahib ,
3
Abdul Hakim Yassi ,
3
and Movahede Sadat Mousavi
4
1
Department of English Education, Universitas Unidayan, Bau-Bau, Indonesia
2
Department of English Education, Universitas Sulawesi Barat, Majene, Indonesia
3
Department of Cultural Science, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
4
Department of Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence should be addressed to Waode Hanafiah; waodehanafiah190@gmail.com and Movahede Sadat Mousavi;
movahede.s@yahoo.com
Received 29 November 2021; Accepted 24 December 2021; Published 21 January 2022
Academic Editor: Ehsan Namaziandost
Copyright © 2022 Waode Hanafiah et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in English language learning has not received the attention it deserves in
Indonesian EFL context; thus, this study tried to inspect the impacts of CALL on Indonesian EFL learners’ vocabulary learning,
speaking skill, and speaking anxiety. To reach this end, the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT) was administered to 103
Indonesian EFL students, and 60 of them whose English proficiency levels were intermediate were chosen as the respondents of
this investigation. ey were divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. en, a vocabulary test, a
speaking test, and a Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire were administered to the groups as the
pretests of the study. After that, the conversations and the vocabulary items of six lessons of Family and Friends Book 6 were
taught to the experimental group by an online instruction (Skype application). On the other side, the same conversations and
vocabulary items were taught to the control participants by a conventional instruction (face-to-face class). After teaching the
conversations and vocabulary items, the posttests of vocabulary, speaking skill, and anxiety were administered to the groups to
determine the influences of the intervention on their vocabulary, speaking, and anxiety. e collected data were analyzed by
utilizing independent samples and paired samples t-tests, and the gained outcomes indicated that the experimental participants
outflanked the control participants both in the speaking and vocabulary posttests. Moreover, the outcomes of the questionnaire
demonstrated that the experimental participants had less amount of speaking anxiety compared to the control participants after
receiving the treatment. Finally, the implications and the conclusions of the results were explained at the end of the research.
1. Introduction
Recently, the enormous development of technology and
communication has produced a great change not only in
communities and globalization but also in educational
system. e application of computer and online tools in
instructional settings has risen increasingly that had a vital
impact on educational improvements. Computer-assisted
language learning (CALL) is one of the pivotal means and
methods that has an important effect on improving language
learning of the students [1]. e usefulness of CALL in
learning English language has been examined by several
investigations across the globe. Most research outcomes
have confirmed the favourable roles of CALL in learning
language and language proficiencies. Indeed, this type of
technology has boosted language teaching and learning in
various EFL contexts, and also it has increased the creativity
and the productivity of the students and has contributed to
individual learning differences. CALL has been applied for
numerous purposes in language learning, including
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Education Research International
Volume 2022, Article ID 5500077, 13 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5500077