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.