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Table 2. Students Computer-Operating Skills<br />

A Study <strong>on</strong> Building <strong>English</strong><br />

Level Good Regular Bad Can’t do<br />

Typing Speed 3 23 7 3<br />

File Management Use 15 11 6 4<br />

Word /Excel Use 5 19 10 2<br />

Fr<strong>on</strong>tPage Use 2 14 10 9<br />

Table 3. Computer Equipment at Home and Computer Usage of Subjects<br />

Number of<br />

Students<br />

Computer Use<br />

Hours/Per Week<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Research</str<strong>on</strong>g> Span<br />

With computer and<br />

Internet Access<br />

With computer without<br />

Internet Access<br />

No computers<br />

18 10 8<br />

9 5.8 2.2<br />

This research project w<strong>as</strong> c<strong>on</strong>ducted from February 21 to June 18, 2002. The computer<br />

instructor worked with students 45 minutes per week in a computer cl<strong>as</strong>s.<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Research</str<strong>on</strong>g> Instrument<br />

The model and numbers of the computers used in this research are listed in Table 4.<br />

Table 4. Specificati<strong>on</strong>s of Computer Cl<strong>as</strong>sroom<br />

Usage Specificati<strong>on</strong>s Operating System Quantity<br />

Teacher Use Only AMD K6-350 WINDOWS98 1<br />

Students Use Only AMD K6-350 WINDOWS98 39<br />

C<strong>on</strong>tent of Digital Teaching and Learning Portfolio<br />

The c<strong>on</strong>tents of the teaching and learning portfolio are listed in Tables 5 and 6.<br />

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