esl teachers' perceptions of using technology

LING 8640-ALRBrandy Barter & Waleed AbdulabbasNovember 26, 2012

Purpose and Background

Both researchers interested in CALL. Relevance to future career. Curious about current teachers beliefs

about technology.

Research Questions

1. Do novice and experienced native English speaking ESL teachers working in the United States differ in their perceptions on using technology in language teaching?

2. Does the age of the ESL teachers play a role in perceptions on using technology in language teaching?

Key Concepts

Novice teachers: Any teachers working full-time for less than 3 years.

Experienced teachers: Any teachers working full-time for 3 years or more.

Technology: computers, Internet, recording devices, LCD projectors, TV’s and DVD players, smart boards, tablets, E-Readers and cell phones.

Previous Literature

TPACK and TPACK scale (Mishra & Koehler, 2006 and 2009).

Experts and Novice teachers talking technology (Meskill, Mossop, DiAngelo & Pasquale 2002).

Digital natives, digital immigrants (Prensky, 2001)

Research Design

Psychometric tradition (survey research)

Ex-post facto class

Factorial criterion groups design

Participants

85 native English speaking ESL teachers currently working in the United States. Novice (N= 37)Experienced (N= 48)Age 29 and under (N= 25)Age 30 and above (N= 60)

Instrument

Google form questionnaire with 35 Likert scale items.

The Likert scale: 1-9 where 1 is Strongly Disagree and 9 is Strongly Agree.

Questionnaire was sent electronically to personal email contacts, local professional organizations, and Intensive ESL centers throughout the United States.

Data Analyses:Descriptive statistics for Novice versus

Experienced teachers

Data Analyses: Descriptive statistics for teachers 29 and below versus teachers 30 and above

Statistically Significant?

Experienced teachers more commonly used E-Readers in their teaching.

Independent samples t-test: Novice versus Experienced

To Do list

Run the Independent samples t-test on the age groups: 29 and under versus 30 and above.

Write the Analysis and Conclusion.

Questions?