Authors : Parisa Shahlou and Siros Izadpanah
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the bond between EFL teacher’s perceptions towards the use of computers in EFL context with respect to their teaching profiles (gender, teaching experience and teaching context). To this end, 20 EFL teachers who followed their teaching career in Miyaneh Jahad-e Daneshgahi Language Center were chosen as the sample size. Loyed and Gressard’s Computer Attitude Scale was employed as the main instrument for data collection and the reliability was estimated as 0.83 using Cronbach alpha coefficient. To analyze the data, Spearman correlation coefficient (determined by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test) was used. The results indicated that that there was an association between teaching context and EFL teacher’s attitudes towards the integration of computers in foreign language learning context. In addition, it was reported that there was a linkage between teaching experience and EFL teacher’s attitudes towards the use of computers in foreign language learning context. Ultimately, it was found that there was a bond between gender and EFL teacher’s attitudes towards the integration of computers. Furthermore, Mann-Whitney test was employed to determine which gender had a stronger attitude towards the use of computers and it was found through the use of this test that male teachers had much more positive attitude towards the use of technology when compared to female teachers.
Parisa Shahlou and Siros Izadpanah, 2016. The Study of Relationship Between EFL Teacher’s Teaching Context and Their Attitudes Towards Computer Assisted Language Learning. The Social Sciences, 11: 7018-7024.