Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)in EFL classrooms
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2017
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university of Oum- El- Bouaghi
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Formerly, language teaching and learning was considered as a very boring technique. Where the teacher has to convey his/her piece of information via writing notes on the board. However, with the fast growing of technology, especially, Internet and computers' emergence teaching and learning are no longer boring. Those technological tools are used to boost learners' motivation and to fulfil their learning needs and to make them more involved in the teaching and learning process. Therefore, this work seeked to investigate the impact of using ICTs on EFL learners at L'arbi Ben Mhidi University, department of English. It attempted to answer the following questions: Do ICTs boosts learners' motivation and skills? And what are teachers' and students' attitudes towards the use of ICTs while learning a foreign language? Sixty (60) students in L'arbi Ben Mhidi University-English department (Third year LMD) were selected to answer the questionnaire. The findings of the study showed that the integration of ICTs in EFL Classrooms was effective when it comes to boost learner' motivation and to develop their four skills.
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Language teaching, Communication : nouvelle technologie, Learner motivation