Innovation in Language Learning

Technology has found its way in the area of language learning and, thus, caused technology-based language teaching/learning. Rapid development in technologies has proposed various technology-based programs to language curriculum developers who are also responsible for determining usability of these programs. Moodle is a kind of these new programs aims to add web-based technology to language courses. It is an open-source Course Management System (CMS) that is currently used by some educational organizations around the world to deliver online courses and to supplement traditional face-to-face language courses. Whether it has usability at language learning context, the current study tries to examine this program through its adaptability with Language Learning Strategies (LLSs). Data from 60 Moodle-based EAP users gathered through observation and interview (6 participants) showed that there were no relationship between LLSs and language achievement at Moodle-based distance language learning context. While more study is needed to confirm the causes, it is possible to say that Moodle as a technology in language learning is implausible in terms of improving LLSs which in turn might impede autonomy and language learning success as pedagogical implications. The findings can cover other instances of technology-based language learning and be implied as indicators for evaluation of such programs.