Motivation towards the Application of ICT in English Language Learning among Arab EFL Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10-SPECIAL ISSUE) ◽  
pp. 1197-1203
Author(s):  
Hussien Mohamad Alakrash ◽  
Norizan Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Efl Students

scholarly journals Social Network Sites Effectiveness from EFL Students’ Viewpoints

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Alnujaidi
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between EFL students’ experience, attitudes, perceptions, and expectations toward the effectiveness of Social Network Sites (SNS), namely, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Flickr, Classmates, Academica, MySpace, English baby, and Google+, in English language learning. A survey of 103 participants from different higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia was conducted. The study’s results revealed that the participants had an average SNS experience. The findings also indicated that participants had overall positive attitudes, perceptions, and expectations toward SNS. In addition, the correlations between experience and attitudes, and experience and expectations were statistically significant. Data analysis also showed that the correlations between attitudes and perceptions, attitudes and expectations, and perceptions and expectations were statistically significant. However, experience did not significantly correlate with perceptions. The findings also indicated that the model of the three variables (attitudes, perceptions, and expectations toward SNS) predicting the variable (experience in SNS) was statistically significant: The significant predictor was expectations.

scholarly journals Telegram App in Learning English: EFL Students’ Perceptions

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Zahra A. Abu-Ayfah
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Efl College Students

The rapid growth of mobile device technology and the emergence of new mobile device applications such as Telegram have created new opportunities for EFL students. Accordingly, the current study investigated the EFL College students’ perceptions of using Telegram for English language learning. The participants of the present study were 300 EFL college students, 200 female and 100 male were selected randomly from the department of English and Translation at Tibah University in AL-Medina AL-Manwarah in Saudi Arabia. This study followed a quantitative approach in which a survey questionnaire was utilized as an instrument for data collection. The results revealed that the majority of EFL students perceived Telegram as a useful tool for English language learning, particularly in vocabulary learning. The findings of the present study may contribute to developing the process of improving learning techniques in higher education in Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals The Use of Smartphone English Language Learning Apps in the Process of Learning English: Slovak EFL Students’ Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8205
Author(s):  
Rastislav Metruk
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Population ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Desktop Computers ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning English

In recent years, an accelerating trend in an undergoing shift from the use of traditional desktop computers towards the utilisation of smartphones for language learning purposes has been detected. In line with these trends, this study aims to investigate Slovak EFL learners’ attitudes and perceptions of English language learning apps (ELLA) regarding practicing and learning English. Furthermore, the differences in the perception of ELLA between the male and female research participants are also analysed. The target population totalled 158 Slovak university EFL learners, 48 males and 110 females, who were required to display their level of agreement to statements by responding to a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire. The instrument consisted of 30 statements altogether, involving items on apps’ usage and apps’ perception. The calculated means indicate that the participants’ attitudes and perceptions of ELLA range between being neutral and positive, and that EFL learners tend to practice language systems and skills to varying degrees. Moreover, 30 independent-sample t-tests, which were run in order to determine the differences between the male and female attitudes and perceptions, reveal that 50% of statements on apps’ usage and apps’ perception differ significantly, demonstrating considerable differences between the two sexes. The achieved results seem to contribute to the existing research on the use of smartphones and ELLA in the context of EFL learning by casting more light on mobile language learning, an area that merits further scientific exploration.

scholarly journals Technology Implementation: Its opportunities and Challenges Perceived by EFL Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Gafur Marzuki ◽  
Santiana
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Efl Learning

This examination targets breaking down the using of innovation in upgrading English language learning at the tertiary level. The examination utilized a subjective plan. An overview was utilized for information assortment in which 50 college understudies from three distinct classes in Palu city revealed having occupied with EFL getting the hang of utilizing YouTube, Kahoot (advanced games), and video recording. The information were gathered from the poll and meeting of each class. The outcomes show that the utilization of innovation in EFL learning gives advantages to improve understudies' insight and language learning results with regards to regular daily existence. Understudies show positive learning results and reactions to the utilization of innovation utilized in language learning.

scholarly journals EFL STUDENTS' METAPHORICAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-850
Author(s):  
Miguel Farías ◽  
Leonardo Véliz
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Belief System ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Language And Thought ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Traditional Approaches

ABSTRACT Traditional approaches to metaphor have focused primarily on its ubiquity in language and thought. Recently, a growing interest in the pervasiveness of metaphor in modes other than purely linguistic ones has been explored. In this paper particular attention is paid to non-verbal forms of metaphorical depiction. We have examined a small corpus of EFL students' drawings and narratives in order to both tap into their mental representations of what 'language learning' means to them and get closer insights into these learners' belief system. We approach the analysis multimodally, by scrutinizing the various meaning-making potentials of images and text as they conceptualize the learners' perspectives of English language learning. To frame the study of these metaphorical representations, we take Block's (2003) 'acquisition' and 'participation' metaphors and Oxford et al.'s (1998) perspectives on education. Results indicate that most of the visual and narrative metaphorical depictions portray language learning as a dynamic, individual acquisition process and can, therefore, be comprehended primarily through the Learner-Centered Growth perspective.

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