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The 21st century learners strive to be autonomous and seek more responsibility. They expect and demand too much and too soon from the world. Since they are technologically savvy, they rely absolutely on technology for communicating, watching movies, listening to music, playing, etc. The learners are pleased if the teacher guides them in using their laptops, i-pads or mobile phones, to practice English when they are commuting or in their spare time. This study was intended to find out whether there was any improvement in the acquisition of L2 among first year engineering learners, when learning was integrated with technology. The sample for the study comprised 60 learners of VIT University, Vellore. A Pretest was conducted in the entry level of the course and posttest was conducted to check their progress in the posttest. The learners were exposed to a range of activities after the pretest and the analysis was done through SPSS version19. The result of the study revealed that the learners show a significant progress in the acquisition of L2, when blended-learning approach (Driscoll, 2002) was adopted by the teacher than traditional method. |
