Beyond the novelty effect: EFL learners’ attitudes towards ICT use in the classroom

The present study explores high school students' (aged 16–17) attitudes towards the use of technology Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the English as foreign language (EFL) classroom. While digital competence has become one of the core skills in our society, ICT is gaining more...

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Autor: Kopinska, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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language attitudes
EFL teaching
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spelling Beyond the novelty effect: EFL learners’ attitudes towards ICT use in the classroomKopinska, MartaICTCALLlanguage attitudesEFL teachingThe present study explores high school students' (aged 16–17) attitudes towards the use of technology Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the English as foreign language (EFL) classroom. While digital competence has become one of the core skills in our society, ICT is gaining more presence in the EFL teaching and learning. However, it is not widespread in the mainstream education, as it is the case of Spain, especially at high school level. There is also still some reticence on the part of the teachers to let the ICT be part and parcel of their daily practice. Since adolescents often experience a motivational drop as far as learning a foreign language (FL) in school setting is concerned, EFL teachers should promote the integration of ICT in classroom activities, as research has shown that technology-supported activities may contribute to engaging students in the process of learning a FL and act as a motivating factor. This paper examines 77 EFL learners' responses to a questionnaire administered before and after the implementation of an 18-month ICT-based intervention in their classroom. The main findings reveal that attitudes towards technology were positive and they were maintained beyond the possible “novelty effect”, which supports the claims in favor of ICT's integration in EFL teaching.Akadémiai Kiadó202520252020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/71281reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://akjournals.com/view/journals/063/10/1/article-p1.xmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationaloai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/712812026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Beyond the novelty effect: EFL learners’ attitudes towards ICT use in the classroom
spellingShingle Beyond the novelty effect: EFL learners’ attitudes towards ICT use in the classroom
Kopinska, Marta
ICT
CALL
language attitudes
EFL teaching
title_short Beyond the novelty effect: EFL learners’ attitudes towards ICT use in the classroom
title_full Beyond the novelty effect: EFL learners’ attitudes towards ICT use in the classroom
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author Kopinska, Marta
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CALL
language attitudes
EFL teaching
topic ICT
CALL
language attitudes
EFL teaching
description The present study explores high school students' (aged 16–17) attitudes towards the use of technology Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the English as foreign language (EFL) classroom. While digital competence has become one of the core skills in our society, ICT is gaining more presence in the EFL teaching and learning. However, it is not widespread in the mainstream education, as it is the case of Spain, especially at high school level. There is also still some reticence on the part of the teachers to let the ICT be part and parcel of their daily practice. Since adolescents often experience a motivational drop as far as learning a foreign language (FL) in school setting is concerned, EFL teachers should promote the integration of ICT in classroom activities, as research has shown that technology-supported activities may contribute to engaging students in the process of learning a FL and act as a motivating factor. This paper examines 77 EFL learners' responses to a questionnaire administered before and after the implementation of an 18-month ICT-based intervention in their classroom. The main findings reveal that attitudes towards technology were positive and they were maintained beyond the possible “novelty effect”, which supports the claims in favor of ICT's integration in EFL teaching.
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