Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms
A Master of Arts thesis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) by Abdallah Tanfouri entitled, "Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms," April 2013. Thesis advisor is Dr. David Prescott. Available are both hard and...
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| spelling | Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL ClassroomsTanfouri, AbdallahintegrationattitudetechnologysupportmethodologyconnectivityEnglish languageStudy and teachingUnited Arab EmiratesTechnological innovationsForeign speakersA Master of Arts thesis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) by Abdallah Tanfouri entitled, "Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms," April 2013. Thesis advisor is Dr. David Prescott. Available are both hard and soft copies of the thesis.Much available research stresses the role positive teachers' and students' attitudes play in the success of technology integration. A large body of research has been conducted in the region to investigate the attitudes of teachers and students to the integration of technology in the EFL classroom. However, most researchers are university teachers who are not familiar with the environment they are studying. Most researchers concluded that the majority of students and teachers hold positive attitudes to using computers in the classroom. Many of them reported the gap between what teachers say and what they actually. This study may be one of those few studies, if any, conducted by a high school teacher to study teachers' and students' attitudes to technology integration. In this research questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observation forms were used for data collection. Subjects for the study included 14 teachers of different cultural backgrounds, and 429 Emirati students in a technologybased high school for boys in Al-Ain, UAE. The findings confirmed that most students, and teachers hold positive attitudes to the use of technology as a learning tool. Classroom observations also showed a clear alignment between teachers' attitudes and their use of computers in teaching. The findings also indicated that there is much to be done, and that technology integration is an on-going process. The researcher identified challenges that teachers and students faced, and brought them to the attention of administrators, and decision makers to play their roles in providing help and support.College of Arts and SciencesDepartment of EnglishMaster of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL)Prescott, David2013-09-11T04:55:57Z2013-09-11T04:55:57Z2013-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdf29.232-2013.02http://hdl.handle.net/11073/5888en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/58882025-06-26T12:29:01Z |
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| title | Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms |
| title_full | Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms |
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| title_short | Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms |
| title_sort | Exploring Attitudes of Teachers and Students to the Integration of Technology in EFL Classrooms |
| topic | integration attitude technology support methodology connectivity English language Study and teaching United Arab Emirates Technological innovations Foreign speakers |
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