LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:12 December 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Pre and In-Service English Language Instructors and Their
Practices of Technology Integration Techniques

Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Talal Mohaidat

Acknowledgement:
Special appreciation goes to King Saud University Research Center for the financial support for research, preparation and publication of this paper.

Abstract

Technology has become a challenge to its users especially instructors as it is changing rapidly and this challenge is due to the lack of training in this field. The sample of this study is done by seven PhD instructors with more than six years of professional experience. These instructors are facing burdens to cope with the implementation of integration technology in the classroom.

Data were collected through open-ended questions. An inductive analysis method was used to analyze the data. Results indicated that the participants had positive views about the good role educational technology plays in enriching instructor’s performance in their classes. They also assured the importance of training for both instructors and students on how to deal with technology. It concluded that participants get the added advantage of the use of technology to teach academics and linguistics, urge students to seek knowledge, expose students to new strategies and different learning styles, equip students with techniques to use the existing resources on the Internet and finally create a tempting environment for learning.

Keywords: Instructor perceptions; technology integrated teaching; ICT; ELT; EFL; Pre-service & in-service instructors

Introduction

Integrating technology in the classroom has been considered the most recent development in teaching and was seen as the great step towards meeting the society’s needs (Keating, 2005). The integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the curricula and instruction has provided invaluable assets to the teaching - learning process. It has changed the learning patterns. Therefore face-to-face instruction has stepped aside to give way to web-based instruction via the Internet.

Technology can be a valuable learning facilitator. It can improve teaching and make learning more effective. However, integrating technology in teaching is a process that requires instructors qualified at using it in the classroom. The manner by which instructors integrate technology and how often they use it and if they succeed or not are related to factors, for example, their perspectives about technology integration, their attitudes towards it, their competence, and their worries about technology application in the classroom.

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Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Talal Mohaidat
Department of English Language and Literature
Faculty of Arts
King Saud University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
mmohaidat@ksu.edu.sa
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