The Internet and Iranian Universities

摘要：

This study investigates the current status of using the Internet in universities, the benefits of the Internet in EFL teaching, willingness to integrate this technology in foreign language (FL) teaching and the concerns teachers might have due to classroom Internet integration. The study seeks answers to the following questions. 1) To what extent are Iranian English language teachers familiar with the Internet? 2) What is the status of using the Internet in EFL teaching? 3) Are Iranian English language teachers aware of the benefits of using the Internet in EFL classrooms? 4) To what extent are they willing to use the Internet in EFL classrooms? And 5) what kinds of concerns do they have regarding using the Internet in EFL classrooms? A questionnaire was sent to 250 English language teachers in seven universities. The results showed that teachers are familiar with modern technologies, willing to integrate the Internet in teaching despite some of the concerns they have. However, it was very surprising to find out that the majority of the teachers are not currently using the Internet technology in their EFL teaching. Universities

作者: F. Alipanahi Zanjan Branch Atemadeh Moalem St. Zanjan IRAN

作者单位: Islamic Azad University, Zanjan University

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching(2009应用语言学暨语言教学国际研讨会)

会议地点: 台湾

会议语种:英文

页码: 247-260

在线出版日期: 2009-04-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）