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Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1

This study aims to examine the EFL teachers' perception of their readiness to use different smartphone applications for teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh and compares this to the relevant demographic factors. To reach these objectives, a mixed method research design was i...

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Main Authors: Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub, Habil, Hadina, Hasan, Md. Kamul, Sharmin, Fatema
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Published: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C 2021
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spelling my.utm.975732022-10-18T02:33:19Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97573/ Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1 Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub Habil, Hadina Hasan, Md. Kamul Sharmin, Fatema H Social Sciences (General) This study aims to examine the EFL teachers' perception of their readiness to use different smartphone applications for teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh and compares this to the relevant demographic factors. To reach these objectives, a mixed method research design was implemented. A survey questionnaire was answered by 46 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers from twelve different universities in Bangladesh and a semistructured interview was conducted with five of these teachers. The results showed that these EFL teachers had a high degree of readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral skills. The teachers agreed that smartphones could help them to deal with the problems like a large class size, a lack of authentic materials, learners' inactiveness, as well as a lack of an oral practice environment inside and outside the classroom. Moreover, there was no statistically significant relationship between the EFL teachers' demographics and their readiness to use a smartphone. The results suggest that smartphone applications have certain potentials/benefits for the university teachers, and that a smartphonebased teaching method for developing EFL learners' oral skills should be promoted in an EFL context like Bangladesh.This study aims to examine the EFL teachers' perception of their readiness to use different smartphone applications for teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh and compares this to the relevant demographic factors. To reach these objectives, a mixed method research design was implemented. A survey questionnaire was answered by 46 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers from twelve different universities in Bangladesh and a semistructured interview was conducted with five of these teachers. The results showed that these EFL teachers had a high degree of readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral skills. The teachers agreed that smartphones could help them to deal with the problems like a large class size, a lack of authentic materials, learners' inactiveness, as well as a lack of an oral practice environment inside and outside the classroom. Moreover, there was no statistically significant relationship between the EFL teachers' demographics and their readiness to use a smartphone. The results suggest that smartphone applications have certain potentials/benefits for the university teachers, and that a smartphonebased teaching method for developing EFL learners' oral skills should be promoted in an EFL context like Bangladesh. Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97573/1/HadinaHabil2021_ExploringEFLTeachersPerceptiononReadiness.pdf Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub and Habil, Hadina and Hasan, Md. Kamul and Sharmin, Fatema (2021) Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1. Mextesol Journal, 45 (4). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2395-9908 https://www.mextesol.net/journal/index.php?page=journal&id_article=25319 NA
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Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub
Habil, Hadina
Hasan, Md. Kamul
Sharmin, Fatema
Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1
description This study aims to examine the EFL teachers' perception of their readiness to use different smartphone applications for teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh and compares this to the relevant demographic factors. To reach these objectives, a mixed method research design was implemented. A survey questionnaire was answered by 46 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers from twelve different universities in Bangladesh and a semistructured interview was conducted with five of these teachers. The results showed that these EFL teachers had a high degree of readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral skills. The teachers agreed that smartphones could help them to deal with the problems like a large class size, a lack of authentic materials, learners' inactiveness, as well as a lack of an oral practice environment inside and outside the classroom. Moreover, there was no statistically significant relationship between the EFL teachers' demographics and their readiness to use a smartphone. The results suggest that smartphone applications have certain potentials/benefits for the university teachers, and that a smartphonebased teaching method for developing EFL learners' oral skills should be promoted in an EFL context like Bangladesh.This study aims to examine the EFL teachers' perception of their readiness to use different smartphone applications for teaching oral skills at the tertiary level in Bangladesh and compares this to the relevant demographic factors. To reach these objectives, a mixed method research design was implemented. A survey questionnaire was answered by 46 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers from twelve different universities in Bangladesh and a semistructured interview was conducted with five of these teachers. The results showed that these EFL teachers had a high degree of readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral skills. The teachers agreed that smartphones could help them to deal with the problems like a large class size, a lack of authentic materials, learners' inactiveness, as well as a lack of an oral practice environment inside and outside the classroom. Moreover, there was no statistically significant relationship between the EFL teachers' demographics and their readiness to use a smartphone. The results suggest that smartphone applications have certain potentials/benefits for the university teachers, and that a smartphonebased teaching method for developing EFL learners' oral skills should be promoted in an EFL context like Bangladesh.
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author Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub
Habil, Hadina
Hasan, Md. Kamul
Sharmin, Fatema
author_facet Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub
Habil, Hadina
Hasan, Md. Kamul
Sharmin, Fatema
author_sort Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub
title Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1
title_short Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1
title_full Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1
title_fullStr Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1
title_full_unstemmed Exploring EFL teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level1
title_sort exploring efl teachers' perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral english communication skills at tertiary level1
publisher Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C
publishDate 2021
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