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was advised to use single tense – The assessment results for this activity
present or past or future tense- to can be seen in table-16.
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Table-16: Assessment of the performance

Assessment items No. of respondents Percentage Level
Choice of vocabulary 60 50 Good
Confidence and attitude 60 70 Excellent
Improvement in speaking 60 65 Excellent
Connecting to real life situations 60 50 Good

Data Analysis of tasks enabled tasks. All the respondents were
zealous while performing the tasks.
All the respondents learnt English as a
subject till class X and their medium of Initially, the respondents were showing
instruction was English in class XI, XII and the high frequency level of memorization
at the college level. As their exposure of vocabulary. But, later regular practice
to English language was limited, the of using e-games with meta cognitive
researcher used them for the study to factors encouraged them to show good
understand how Whatsapp applications interest in English language learning
could be used to enhance their speaking process. All the respondents were
skill. Whatsapp application is a very in unison to acknowledge that tasks
common tool used by college-students were helpful for them to learn English
in Tamil Nadu. Converting the popular as a language without any pressure or
platform to teach English language as stress. The Whatsapp group acted as the
well as boosting the confidence of semi- platform for all the respondents to react
rural students in learning English as a and learn from their co-participants.
skill language was a worthy attempt. They were made to share their doubts,
accept their mistakes, interact, think
The researcher analyzed all the and create avenues to learn while
performances of 60 participants performing tasks. The researcher
by recording the presentations on observed that the respondents were:
her mobile cloud and maintained a
reflective diary to understand the • Learning as well as playing not
progress of participants in learning bothering about others as they
English language. perform in a small group
• Interacting with Whatsapp
The study was conducted to understand facilitated collaborative learning
the importance of e-tasks using without inhibitions
Whatsapp mobile application. The study • Attempting hands-on for better
also helped the researcher to have an communication
insight into the participants’ learning • Understanding their level of
behaviour i.e. they could perform well knowledge in performing tasks
in pairs. Curiosity is the key motto and tried increasing their level of
of learning English through techno- speaking skill

20 Indian Journal of Educational Technology
Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2021