Investigating EFL Instructors’ Perceptions of Technology Integration in ELT (Case Study at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University)

الملخص

 This study aims to define the different kinds of integrated technology used by English language instructors in teaching EFL learners, inspect whether instructors are well prepared to use technology in teaching EFL students, and identify the difficulties that instructors might face in integrating technology in teaching EFL learners, The instruments which are used as data collecting tools is a questionnaire the results indicate that: The instructors’ attitude towards the use of the integrated technology with the EFL instructors and learners arouse their interest to teach the language. Follow up programs, videos that shown or displayed via tech-tools improve the learners’ creativity to learn different aspects of the language. The study recommends that: EFL instructors and learners should be exposed to a variety of integrated technology so as to enhance their teaching and learning English language. Both instructors and the learners of the language should be acquainted with the technological tools in order to improve their knowledge about the language. Instructors should thoroughly be able to utilize the integrated technology. EFL learners should be given enough time to use their knowledge on the integrated technology during the class and their work should be evaluated.